Mental Health Care Act, 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002)Chapter III : Rights and Duties relating to Mental Health Care Users13. Disclosure of information |
| (1) | A person or health establishment may not disclose any information, which a mental health care user is entitled to keep confidential in terms of any other law. |
| (2) | Despite subsection (1), the head of the national department, a head of provincial department or the head of a health establishment concerned may disclose such information if failure to do so would seriously prejudice the health of the mental health care user or of other people. |
| (3) | A mental health care provider may temporarily deny mental health care users access to information contained in their health records, if disclosure of that information is likely to – |
| (a) | seriously prejudice the user; or |
| (b) | cause the user to conduct himself or herself in a manner that may seriously prejudice him or her or the health of other people . |