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Confidential communications in presence of interpreter - 2 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 586

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     § 586.  Confidential communications in presence of interpreter.
        An interpreter appointed under this subchapter may not be
     compelled to testify, in any judicial proceeding or
     administrative proceeding, to statements made by the person who
     is deaf and interpreted by the interpreter when the person who
     is deaf is engaged in a confidential communication as provided
     by any statute or general rule, including, but not limited to:
            (1)  42 Pa.C.S. § 5916 (relating to confidential
        communications to attorney).
            (2)  42 Pa.C.S. § 5928 (relating to confidential
        communications to attorney).
            (3)  42 Pa.C.S. § 5942 (relating to confidential
        communications to news reporters).
            (4)  42 Pa.C.S. § 5943 (relating to confidential
        communications to clergymen).
            (5)  42 Pa.C.S. § 5944 (relating to confidential
        communications to psychiatrists or licensed psychologists).
            (6)  42 Pa.C.S. § 5945 (relating to confidential
        communications to school personnel).
            (7)  42 Pa.C.S. § 5945.1 (relating to confidential
        communications with sexual assault counselors).
            (8)  42 Pa.C.S. § 5945.2 (relating to confidential
        communications to crime stopper or similar anticrime
        program).

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