There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding brought by a public entity to determine whether a right, authority, license, or privilege (including the right or privilege to be employed by the public entity or to hold a public office) should be revoked, suspended, terminated, limited, or conditioned.
Cal. Evid. Code § 1007
Physician-Patient Privilege
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 241 Cal. App. 2d 246 - Elder v. Board of Medical Examiners (1966)
Most recently applied in 204 Cal. Rptr. 3d 595 - Gerner v. Superior Court of L.A. Cnty. (July 2016)
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.