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§ 795 (a) The testimony of a witness is not inadmissible in a criminal proceeding by reason of the fact that the witness has previously undergone hypnosis f… § 990 As used in this article, “physician” means a person authorized, or reasonably believed by the patient to be authorized, to practice medicine in any st… § 991 As used in this article, “patient” means a person who consults a physician or submits to an examination by a physician for the purpose of securing a d… § 992 As used in this article, “confidential communication between patient and physician” means information, including information obtained by an examinatio… § 993 As used in this article, “holder of the privilege” means: (a) The patient when he has no guardian or conservator. § 994 Subject to Section 912 and except as otherwise provided in this article, the patient, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to disclose, a… § 995 The physician who received or made a communication subject to the privilege under this article shall claim the privilege whenever he is present when t… § 996 There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the condition of the patient if such issue has been ten… § 997 There is no privilege under this article if the services of the physician were sought or obtained to enable or aid anyone to commit or plan to commit … § 998 There is no privilege under this article in a criminal proceeding. § 999 There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the condition of the patient in a proceeding to recover… § 1000 There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue between parties all of whom claim through a deceased patient, rega… § 1001 There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue of breach, by the physician or by the patient, of a duty arising o… § 1002 There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the intention of a patient, now deceased, with respect … § 1003 There is no privilege under this article as to a communication relevant to an issue concerning the validity of a deed of conveyance, will, or other wr… § 1004 There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding to commit the patient or otherwise place him or his property, or both, under the control of a… § 1005 There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding brought by or on behalf of the patient to establish his competence. § 1006 There is no privilege under this article as to information that the physician or the patient is required to report to a public employee, or as to info… § 1007 There is no privilege under this article in a proceeding brought by a public entity to determine whether a right, authority, license, or privilege (in… § 1280 Evidence of a writing made as a record of an act, condition, or event is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered in any civil or crimin… § 1281 Evidence of a writing made as a record of a birth, fetal death, death, or marriage is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the maker was requi… § 1282 A written finding of presumed death made by an employee of the United States authorized to make such finding pursuant to the Federal Missing Persons A… § 1283 An official written report or record that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a foreign country, captured by a hostile force, beleague… § 1284 Evidence of a writing made by the public employee who is the official custodian of the records in a public office, reciting diligent search and failur… § 1285 Within an official written report or record of a law enforcement officer regarding a sexual offense that resulted in a person’s conviction, the follow…