Cal. Codes » Evidence Code / DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES / CHAPTER 4. Particular Privileges / ARTICLE 6. Physician-Patient Privilege
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Cal. Evidence Code § 993 (2026)

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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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1980–2018 · leading case: BP Alaska Expl., Inc. v. Superior Court, 199 Cal. App. 3d 1240 (Cal. Ct. App. 1988).
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BP Alaska Expl., Inc. v. Superior Court, 199 Cal. App. 3d 1240 (Cal. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “Thus, under the lawyer-client privilege, the client is the holder of the privilege but the lawyer is also entitled to claim the privilege for the client (Evid. Code, §§ 953, 954); under the physician-patient privilege, the patient is the holder of the privilege but the physician…”
Pub. Guardian of the Cnty. of San Luis Obispo v. S.A. (In re S.A.), 235 Cal. Rptr. 3d 744 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018). “" ( Evid. Code, §§ 993, 1013.) All information and records obtained in the course of providing services under the LPS Act are generally confidential (§ 5328), but they may be disclosed, (1) "in the course of conservatorship proceedings," when the patient or "her conservator"…”
Johnson v. Superior Court, 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3918 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000). “(Evid. Code, § 993, subd. (a).) Here, the supposed patient, John Doe, has not asserted the physician-patient privilege to preclude his own deposition.”
Fellows v. Superior Court, 108 Cal. App. 3d 55 (Cal. Ct. App. 1980). “Code, §§ 953, 954); under the physician-patient privilege, the patient is the holder of the privilege but the physician is entitled to claim the privilege for the patient (Evid. Code, §§ 993, 994); and under the psychotherapist-patient privilege, the patient is the holder of the…”
Patterson v. Superior Court, 147 Cal. App. 3d 927 (Cal. Ct. App. 1983). “(Evid. Code, §§ 993, 1013.) Both privileges may be found inapplicable under the identically worded patient-litigant exceptions contained in Evidence Code sections 996 and 1016: “There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the…”
People v. Van Le, 194 Cal. App. 3d 845 (Cal. Ct. App. 1987). “App.3d 1138, 1145 [ 212 Cal.Rptr. 811 ].) The use of the cards in this case does not impinge on information concerning patients other than the undercover operatives (Evid.”
Conservatorship of S.A. (Cal. Ct. App. 2018). “” (Evid. Code, §§ 993, 1013.) All information and records obtained in the course of providing services under the LPS Act are generally confidential (§ 5328), 7 but they may be disclosed, (1) “in the course of conservatorship proceedings,” when the patient or “her conservator”…”
Untitled California Attorney Gen. Opinion (Cal. Att'y Gen. 1986). “(Evid. Code, § 993, subd. (c), fn. 9, ante; cf.”
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