The privilege only applies to information obtained by a physician in the course of consultation for the purpose of obtaining treatment. A court appointed doctor does not invoke the privilege, nor are examinations for life insurance privileged.
California law is instructive. There is no physician-patient privilege under subdivision 4 of section 1881 of the Code of Civil Procedure. * That privilege cannot be invoked when no treatment is contemplated or given. 'The confidence that is protected is only that which is given to a professional physician during a consultation with a view to curative treatment; for it is that relation only which the ...
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