Clergy, lawyers, defense attorneys, notaries, patent attorneys, auditors bound by the Code of Obligations to secrecy, doctors, dentists, chiropractors, pharmacists, midwives, psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nutritionists, optometrists, osteopaths and their assistants who reveal a secret that has been entrusted to them as a result of their profession or which they have exercised in the exercise of this will be punished with imprisonment for up to three years or a fine. Students who reveal a secret they learned during their studies are also punished.
Violation of professional secrecy is punishable even after the professional practice or studies have ended.
The perpetrator is not liable to prosecution if he has disclosed the secret on the basis of the consent of the person entitled or written permission from the superior authority or supervisory authority granted at the perpetrator’s request.
Article 321 of the Criminal Code