Last I looked they can report the threat but cannot say who it came from, and may only report it if the patient has named someone specifically. “I’m going to kill everyone!” doesn’t qualify.
“-Undated: Prescribed herself Claritin, which was not a controlled substance, but required a physician’s order. -April 1997: Prescribed Lorazepam and Vicodin for an employee suffering chronic headaches and anxiety. -April 1997: Ingested three Xanax tablets when mother was suffering terminal illness. -1998: Provided an employee four Xanax tablets for anxiety over an airline flight. -1999: Prescribed Ambien to her husband for insomnia on at least three occasions, then directed him to obtain the medication from his regular treating physician.
The stipulation said Fenton did not maintain a medical chart or enter appropriate or essential entries for her chart relating to herself, her husband or the employee.
She voluntarily completed more than 50 hours of continuing medical education with the Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation in pain management and COPIC’s Level I Risk Management Seminar.
Fenton acknowledged to no longer prescribing medications for family members and employees except in life-threatening emergencies. She acknowledged she will not prescribe or dispense narcotic medications for family or employees under any circumstance. She is only to prescribe medications to bona fide patients.”
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/31312016/detail.html
If a psychiatrist hears a viable threat against an individual, in California they are required to report the threat to the individual who is being threatened. (Tarisoff v. University of California)
I know this because I have had psychiatrists tell me when they have been informed of a threat to kill me. (I have that effect sometimes).
They are required to report the incident or threat to CPS if there is a threat against a child.