Article 7 - COMPETENCY OF WITNESSES

Section 8-49 - Witness not excluded by interest or crime
Section 8-50 - Parties competent as witnesses
Section 8-50.1 - Competency of blood tests; jury charge; taxing of expenses as costs
Section 8-50.2 - Results of speed-measuring instruments; admissibility
Section 8-50.3 - Expired
Section 8-51 - [Repealed]
Section 8-51.1 - Dying declarations
Section 8-52 - [Repealed]
Section 8-53 - Communications between health care provider and patient
Section 8-53.1 - Physician-patient and nurse privilege; limitations
Section 8-53.2 - Communications between clergymen and communicants
Section 8-53.3 - Communications between psychologist and client or patient
Section 8-53.4 - School counselor privilege
Section 8-53.5 - Communications between licensed marital and family therapist and client(s)
Section 8-53.6 - No disclosure in alimony and divorce actions
Section 8-53.7 - Social worker privilege
Section 8-53.8 - Counselor privilege
Section 8-53.9 - Optometrist/patient privilege
Section 8-53.10 - Peer support group counselors
Section 8-53.11 - Persons, companies, or other entities engaged in gathering or dissemination of news
Section 8-53.12 - Communications with agents of rape crisis centers and domestic violence programs privileged
Section 8-53.13 - Nurse privilege
Section 8-53.14 - Communications between behavior analyst and client or patient
Section 8-54 - Defendant in criminal action competent but not compellable to testify
Section 8-55 - Testimony enforced in certain criminal investigations; immunity
Section 8-56 - Husband and wife as witnesses in civil action
Section 8-57 - Husband and wife as witnesses in criminal actions
Section 8-57.1 - Husband-wife privilege waived in child abuse
Section 8-57.2 - Presumed father or mother as witnesses where paternity at issue
Section 8-58 - [Repealed]
Section 8-58.1 - Injured party as witness when medical charges at issue
Section 8-58.2 - Reserved
Section 8-58.3 - Reserved
Section 8-58.4 - Reserved
Section 8-58.5 - Reserved