Confidentiality

Confidentiality is a professionally and legally complex issue, not subject to a thorough explanation in a few sentences. Information that a student shares with his/her services provider in the course of a meeting will be treated as confidential material. Treating information confidentially means not releasing it to anyone outside the agency without the student's permission, including Rutgers University personnel.  Under certain, special circumstances, however, information may be released without the student's permission.  The main -- although not the only -- exceptions to confidentiality arise in situations involving:

• danger to self or others

• court orders or subpoena of records

• child abuse or neglect

Students are encouraged to discuss any concerns they have about confidentiality with their provider of services.