As used in this article, “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.

(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)

Terms Used In California Evidence Code 1011

  • Person: includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. See California Evidence Code 175
  • psychotherapist: means a person who is, or is reasonably believed by the patient to be:

    California Evidence Code 1010