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Wash. Rev. Code § 10.58.010 (2026)

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The rules of evidence in civil actions, so far as practicable, shall be applied to criminal prosecutions.
[Code 1881 s 1071; 1873 p 234 s 233; 1854 p 117 s 97; RRS s 2152.]
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Cited in 18 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1954–2026 · leading case: State v. Mines, 671 P.2d 273 (Wash. Ct. App. 1983).
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State v. Mines, 671 P.2d 273 (Wash. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 4× “060(4) which states, in part: A regular physician or surgeon shall not, without the consent of his patient, be examined in a civil action as to any information acquired in attending such patient, which was necessary to enable him to prescribe or act for the patient .”
State v. Boehme, 430 P.2d 527 (Wash. 1967). · cites it 3× “) RCW 10.58.010. Witnesses competent to testify in civil cases shall be competent in criminal prosecutions, but regular physicians or surgeons, clergymen or priests, shall be pro *635 tected from testifying as to confessions, or information received from any defendant, by virtue…”
State v. La Porte, 365 P.2d 24 (Wash. 1961). · cites it 2× “1367 (1941), and cases cited; RCW 10.58.010. The state's evidence, if believed by the jury, is sufficient to support the conclusion that defendant struggled with Michael Joyce; that he either snatched Joyce's wallet during the struggle or picked up the wallet and struggled with…”
Phipps v. Sasser, 445 P.2d 624 (Wash. 1968). · cites it 2× “[7] Contrast our Washington statute which here limits the privilege "in a civil action" (but also extends it in different language to criminal actions; see RCW 10.58.010 and 10.52.020 and comment thereon in State v.”
State v. Tradewell, 515 P.2d 172 (Wash. Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 2× “060 (4) , 1 and has been held to apply in criminal cases by virtue of RCW 10.58.010. 2 State v. Gibson, 3 Wn. App.”
State v. Sullivan, 373 P.2d 474 (Wash. 1962). “) (2) RCW 10.58.010: “The rules of evidence in civil actions, so far as practicable shall be applied to criminal prosecutions.”
State v. Mark, 597 P.2d 406 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979). “Assuming for the purposes of discussion that the privilege is available to pharmacists, the public interest served by the audit and the underlying prosecution of those involved in Medicaid fraud overrides the very limited interest a patient might have in not allowing the…”
State v. Gibson, 476 P.2d 727 (Wash. Ct. App. 1970). “Neither defendant testified. The physician-patient privilege in our state is statutory in nature.”
State v. Smith, 929 P.2d 1191 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). “2d 406 (1979), (quoting RCW 10.58.010 ("The rules of evidence in civil actions, so far as practicable, shall be applied to criminal prosecutions.”
State v. Stiltner, 377 P.2d 252 (Wash. 1962). “060 (4); RCW 10.58.010; RCW 10.52.020); and (3) the possible deprivation of defendant’s right to “complete and unhampered representation” by calling defense counsel as a prosecuting witness, especially in view of the fact that his admissible testimony was cumulative and…”
State v. Fackrell, 271 P.2d 679 (Wash. 1954). “” RCW 10.58.010; Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2152. For the purpose of this opinion, we assume, without deciding, that the prosecuting witness did not waive the alleged privilege and that appellant’s counsel made proper objections to the testimony of the physician.”
State v. Ross, 947 P.2d 1290 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). “While statutorily limited to civil cases, the physician-patient privilege has been extended to criminal cases pursuant to RCW 10.58.010 which applies the civil rules of evidence to criminal prosecutions as far as practicable.”
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