What is the physician/patient privilege to allow a probation officer to access prescription information?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Perez, H044887 (Cal. App. 2018):
the physician/patient privilege to allow your probation officer information on the prescriptions and the dosages that you are being provided." (Italics added; see People v. Rowland (1988) 206 Cal.App.3d 119, 123 ["If the judgment entered in the minutes fails to reflect the judgment pronounced by the court, the error is clerical, and the record can be corrected at any time to make it reflect the true facts."].)
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