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2013 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES
CHAPTER 4. Particular Privileges
ARTICLE 7. Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
1027

CA Ev Code § 1027 (2013) What's This?

There is no privilege under this article if all of the following circumstances exist:

(a) The patient is a child under the age of 16.

(b) The psychotherapist has reasonable cause to believe that the patient has been the victim of a crime and that disclosure of the communication is in the best interest of the child.

(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1397.)

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