There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding brought by or on behalf of the patient to establish his competence.

(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)

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Terms Used In California Evidence Code 1025

  • patient: means a person who consults a psychotherapist or submits to an examination by a psychotherapist for the purpose of securing a diagnosis or preventive, palliative, or curative treatment of his mental or emotional condition or who submits to an examination of his mental or emotional condition for the purpose of scientific research on mental or emotional problems. See California Evidence Code 1011