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1995 SESSION
SB 918 Privileged communications; physician-patient.
Introduced by: Clarence A. Holland | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Privileged communications; physician-patient. Expands the exceptions to the privileged status of doctor-patient communications to allow medical malpractice defendants to communicate with other non-defendant treating health care providers when the patient's medical or physical condition is at issue without the necessity of formal discovery. Under current law, the patient-plaintiff's consent would be required before the defendant-health care provider could talk to other providers who also treated the patient.
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HISTORY
- 01/23/95 Senate: Presented & ordered printed LD7579673
- 01/23/95 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/03/95 Senate: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: Civil Law/Judiciary
- 02/07/95 Senate: Left in Courts of Justice