CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Privileges
......Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
.........Exceptions
............Public Report
2 Cards On This Topic:
  • No privilege to information that therapist or patient is required to report to public employee or recorded in public office, if such report or record open to public inspection.
  • Psychiatric records of police officers not discoverable under Evid. Code §1026 absent showing these records were open for public inspection.