What is the privilege of providing medical records to the patient's family members?

RPI argues that the privilege belongs to the patient, and not the patient's family, relying on State v. Clevenger (1966) 69 Wash.2d 136, 417 P.2d 626. In that case, the defendant's father was accused of abusing his child, and defendant had provided the hospital with a history of his daughter's injuries. The court held it was proper for the family physician to testify to the defendant father's statement to him that he

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