{"data":{"id":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5929","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"42 Pa.C.S. § 5929","heading":"Physicians not to disclose information.","body":"No physician shall be allowed, in any civil matter, to disclose any information which he acquired in attending the patient in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity, which shall tend to blacken the character of the patient, without consent of said patient, except in civil matters brought by such patient, for damages on account of personal injuries.","path":["Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","PART VI ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY","CHAPTER 59 DEPOSITIONS AND WITNESSES","SUBCHAPTER A WITNESSES GENERALLY CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS CIVIL MATTERS CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=42\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=59\u0026sctn=29\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:14Z","sha256":"a3c99d8de769df8e0df58eb8497996047ac60fbbbf8c1facc61c463086a9e0fc","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5928","next":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-5930"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}