CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Writings
......Business Records
.........Hospital Records
............In General
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  • Hospital records may be business records.
  • Hospital records qualify as business records.
  • Hospital records are admissible as business records.
  • Victim's medical records could not be admitted under business records hearsay exception where they were obtained from a third party that could not authenticate them or show they met the exception's requirements.
  • Portions of hospital record which witness could testify to if testifying in court are admissible as business record.
  • Hospital records qualify as business records.