§415A-12  Professional relationships;privileged communications.  (a)  The relationship between an individualperforming professional services as an employee of a professional corporationand a client or patient shall be the same as if the individual performed theservices as a sole practitioner.

(b)  The relationship between a professionalcorporation performing professional services and the client or patient shall bethe same as between the client or patient and the individual performing theservices.

(c)  Any privilege applicable to communicationsbetween a person rendering professional services and the person receiving theservices recognized under the laws of this State, whether statutory or derivingfrom common law, shall remain inviolate and shall extend to a professionalcorporation and its employees in all cases in which it shall be applicable tocommunications between an individual rendering professional services on behalfof the corporation and the person receiving the services. [L 1985, c 259, pt of§1; am L 1987, c 135, §118]

 

Cross References

 

  Common law of the State, see §1-1.

  Privileges under Hawaii Rules of Evidence, see §626-1,article V.