Physicians, psychiatrists and qualified psychologists as witnesses

  1. Law
  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]
  4. Hospitalization of Persons with Mental Illness
  5. Miscellaneous Provisions
  6. Physicians, psychiatrists and qualified psychologists as witnesses

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A physician, psychiatrist or qualified psychologist making application or conducting an examination under this chapter is a competent and compellable witness at any trial, hearing or other proceeding conducted pursuant to this chapter and the physician- or psychologist-patient privilege is not applicable.

(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 760, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; Feb. 24, 1984, D.C. Law 5-48, § 11(a)(19), 30 DCR 5778.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 21-583.

1973 Ed., § 21-583.


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