The physician who received or made a communication subject to the privilege under this article shall claim the privilege whenever he is present when the communication is sought to be disclosed and is authorized to claim the privilege under subdivision (c) of Section 994.
Cal. Evid. Code § 995
Physician-Patient Privilege
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 9 Cal. 3d 330 - Roberts v. Superior Court (1973)
Most recently applied in 80 Cal. App. 4th 1050 - Johnson v. Superior Court (May 2000)
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.