{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"1016","citation":"Evid. Code, § 1016","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":"Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.","effective":null,"html":"<p>There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the mental or emotional condition of the patient if such issue has been tendered by:</p><p>(a) The patient;</p><p>(b) Any party claiming through or under the patient;</p><p>(c) Any party claiming as a beneficiary of the patient through a contract to which the patient is or was a party; or</p><p>(d) The plaintiff in an action brought under Section 376 or 377 of the Code of Civil Procedure for damages for the injury or death of the patient.</p>","text":"There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the mental or emotional condition of the patient if such issue has been tendered by: (a) The patient; (b) Any party claiming through or under the patient; (c) Any party claiming as a beneficiary of the patient through a contract to which the patient is or was a party; or (d) The plaintiff in an action brought under Section 376 or 377 of the Code of Civil Procedure for damages for the injury or death of the patient.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/psychotherapist-patient-privilege-1016","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}