California Evidence Code 990 – As used in this article, “physician” means a person authorized, or …
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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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)
Terms Used In California Evidence Code 990
- 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. See California Evidence Code 991
- Person: includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. See California Evidence Code 175
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Evidence Code 220