RULE ER 501
                                   GENERAL RULE


    The following citations are to certain statutes that make reference to
privileges or privileged communications. This list is not intended to create
any privilege, nor to abrogate any privilege by implication or omission.

    (a) Attorney-Client. (Reserved. See RCW 5.60.060(2).)

    (b) Clergyman or Priest. (Reserved. See RCW 5.60.060(3), 26.44.060, 70.124.060.)

    (c) Dispute Resolution Center. (Reserved. See RCW 7.75.050.)

    (d) Counselor. (Reserved. See RCW 18.19.180.)

    (e) Higher Education Procedures. (Reserved. See RCW 28B.19.120(4).)

    (f) Spouse or Domestic Partner.  (Reserved. See RCW 5.60.060(1), 26.20.071, 26.21A275(8).)

    (g) Interpreter in Legal Proceeding. (Reserved. See RCW 2.42.160; GR 11.1(e).)

    (h) Journalist. (Reserved.  See RCW 5.68.010.)

    (i) Optometrist-Patient. (Reserved. See RCW 18.53.200, 26.44.060.)

    (j) Physician-Patient. (Reserved. See RCW 5.60.060(4), 26.26.120, 26.44.060, 51.04.050,
        69.41.020, 69.50.403, 70.124.060, 71.05.250.)

    (k) Psychologist-Client. (Reserved. See RCW 18.83.110, 26.44.060, 70.124.060.)

    (l) Public Assistance Recipient. (Reserved. See RCW 74.04.060.)

    (m) Public Officer. (Reserved. See RCW 5.60.060(5).)

    (n) Registered Nurse. (Reserved. See RCW 5.62.010, 5.62.020, 5.62.030.)


[Adopted effective September 1, 1988; amended effective September 1, 1992; January 4, 2005; September 1, 2012.]



                                        Comment 501

[Deleted effective September 1, 2006.]