California Evidence Code 1027 – There is no privilege under this article if all of the following …
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There is no privilege under this article if all of the following circumstances exist:
(a) The patient is a child under the age of 16.
Terms Used In California Evidence Code 1027
- 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
- psychotherapist: means a person who is, or is reasonably believed by the patient to be:
California Evidence Code 1010
(b) The psychotherapist has reasonable cause to believe that the patient has been the victim of a crime and that disclosure of the communication is in the best interest of the child.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1397.)