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Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 8 - PRIVILEGES
CHAPTER 4 - Particular Privileges
ARTICLE 6 - Physician-Patient Privilege
Section 993.
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CA Ev Code § 993 (2025)
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993. As used in this article, “holder of the privilege” means:
(a) The patient when he has no guardian or conservator.
(b) A guardian or conservator of the patient when the patient has a guardian or conservator.
(c) The personal representative of the patient if the patient is dead.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
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