{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-990","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 990","heading":"","body":"As used in this article, “physician” means a person authorized, or reasonably believed by the patient to be authorized, to practice medicine in any state or nation.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES [900. - 1070.]","CHAPTER 4. Particular Privileges [930. - 1063.]","ARTICLE 6. Physician-Patient Privilege [990. - 1007.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"7894b28eecafa6a7daba87e98d6d6d696cd25fb450905876eee50784d24f8b60","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-987","next":"us-ca/evid-991"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}