There is no privilege under this article in a criminal proceeding.
Cal. Evid. Code § 998
Physician-Patient Privilege
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case 53 Cal. 3d 522 - People v. Wharton (1991)
Most recently applied in Henry v. Kernan (May 1999)
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
How often courts cite this section
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.