In a civil action a physician or surgeon shall not, without the consent of his patient, or the conservator or guardian of the patient, be examined as to any communication made by his patient with reference to any physical or mental disease or disorder or supposed physical or mental disease or disorder or as to any such knowledge obtained by personal examination of the patient.
A.R.S. § 12-2235
Doctor and patient
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 3 Ariz. App. 424 - Patania v. Silverstone (1966)
Most recently applied in Wipf v. Altstiel (December 2016)
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Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.