CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Expert Testimony: Qualifications
.........Experts Found Not Qualified-Examples
............Physicians
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Although one need not be physician to give medical testimony, such evidence properly excluded when witness totally lacks requisite background or training.

Opinion of doctor not specializing in ocular disorders does not support use of marijuana-based drug for eye disease; w/out experience in similar cases, even ocular specialist may not qualify as expert.

Dermatologist not qualified to express opinion re adequacy of warning label on drug.

Qualifications required of expert who testifies as to standard of care for emergency room professional.