ORDER

CALLIE V. S. GRANADE, Senior District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the Motion for Entry of Order directing AltaPointe Health Systems, Inc. ("AltaPointe"), and its therapist Dr. John Hayes, non-parties in the above action, to comply with a trial subpoena issued by the United States upon AltaPointe and Dr. Hayes. (Doc. 258) Said Subpoena seeks to require Dr. Hayes to produce records and consult with and testify if necessary, pertaining to a former patient, who is now deceased, as specified in said subpoena, at the trial of the above matter on July 18, 2016, at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, or at such other date and time as the Court may order.

This Court is of the opinion that good cause, as detailed in 42 U.S.C. § 290dd-2(b)(2)(C), exists to authorize the testimony and production of said records and that such disclosure of this information will promote the interests of justice. Furthermore, the disclosure of the information contained in said records and the testimony thereon is necessitated because there exists no other means to obtain the equivalent information or the other ways of obtaining the information will not be effective, the need for disclosure of the information outweighs the public interest against disclosure, and, in this case, outweighs potential harm to the effected service or program and outweighs any harm to the effected therapist/counselor/patient relationship.

It is therefore ORDERED that Dr. John Hayes and AltaPointe are to produce the records sought by said subpoena and that Dr. Hayes is to testify at the time and place set forth in said subpoena, or at such other date and time as the Court may order. However, in order to protect the confidential nature of and to protect the unauthorized disclosure of the covered documents, the following terms and conditions shall apply to the production of any documents if said documents are entered into evidence and not simply used by Dr. Hayes in his testimony: