Tribe: Oneida Nation
808.5-7. Not a Court of Record. The Court shall not be a court of record. Any information
obtained, used, or disclosed by a member of the Healing to Wellness Court Team, including the
participant, while the participant is under the jurisdiction of the Court shall not be used as evidence
against the participant in any other proceeding in the Judiciary or any other court in any other
jurisdiction. All Court records are privileged and confidential and shall not be disclosed except to
the members of the Healing to Wellness Court Team.
(a)
Confidential information may always be disclosed after the participant has signed a
proper consent form, even if it is protected by Federal confidentiality regulations. The
regulations also permit disclosure without a participant’s consent in several situations,
including medical emergencies, program evaluations and communications among program
staff.