{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"1010.5","citation":"Evid. Code, § 1010.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES [900. - 1070.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Particular Privileges [930. - 1063.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-8/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 7. Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege [1010. - 1027.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-8/chapter-4/article-7"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 113.   (SB 1371)   Effective January 1, 2021.","effective":"2021-01-01","html":"<p>A communication between a patient and an educational psychologist, licensed under Chapter 13.5 (commencing with Section 4989.10) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, shall be privileged to the same extent, and subject to the same limitations, as a communication between a patient and a psychotherapist described in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section <a href=\"/evid/1010\">1010</a>.</p>","text":"A communication between a patient and an educational psychologist, licensed under Chapter 13.5 (commencing with Section 4989.10) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, shall be privileged to the same extent, and subject to the same limitations, as a communication between a patient and a psychotherapist described in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 1010.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/psychotherapist-patient-privilege-1010-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}