Medical privilege
12 Medical privilege
A medical practitioner shall not, without the consent of his or her patient, divulge in any civil proceeding (unless the sanity of the patient is the matter in dispute) any communication made to him or her in his or her professional character by the patient, and necessary to enable him or her to prescribe or act for the patient.
Nothing in this section shall protect any communication made for any criminal purpose, or prejudice the right to give in evidence any statement or representation at any time made to or by a medical practitioner in or about the effecting by any person of an insurance on the life of himself or herself or any other person.
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