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Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 8 - PRIVILEGES
CHAPTER 4 - Particular Privileges
ARTICLE 6 - Physician-Patient Privilege
Section 991.
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CA Ev Code § 991 (2021)
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991.
As used in this article, “patient” means a person who consults a physician or submits to an examination by a physician for the purpose of securing a diagnosis or preventive, palliative, or curative treatment of his physical or mental or emotional condition.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
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