{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-991","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 991","heading":"","body":"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.","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":"2cfe2fb4549ecdb58ba1957d38aa3e67f4f05440eb152cce2574769865216f47","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-990","next":"us-ca/evid-992"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}