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CHAPTER 15. Physical or Mental Examination [2032.010. - 2032.650.]

Chapter 15 added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 182, Sec. 23.

§§ 2032.010–2032.650 · 21 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 2032.010–2032.020 · 2 sections
    • § 2032.010 (a) This chapter does not affect genetic testing under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 7550) of Part 2 of Division 12 of the Family Code. (b) This chapter…
    • § 2032.020 (a) Any party may obtain discovery, subject to the restrictions set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2019.010), by means of a physical or mental…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Physical Examination of Personal Injury Plaintiff §§ 2032.210–2032.260 · 6 sections
    • § 2032.210 As used in this article, “plaintiff” includes a cross-complainant, and “defendant” includes a cross-defendant.
    • § 2032.220 (a) In any case in which a plaintiff is seeking recovery for personal injuries, any defendant may demand one physical examination of the plaintiff, if both of…
    • § 2032.230 (a) The plaintiff to whom a demand for a physical examination under this article is directed shall respond to the demand by a written statement that the…
    • § 2032.240 (a) If a plaintiff to whom a demand for a physical examination under this article is directed fails to serve a timely response to it, that plaintiff waives any…
    • § 2032.250 (a) If a defendant who has demanded a physical examination under this article, on receipt of the plaintiff’s response to that demand, deems that any…
    • § 2032.260 (a) The demand for a physical examination under this article and the response to it shall not be filed with the court. (b) The defendant shall retain both the…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Motion for Physical or Mental Examination §§ 2032.310–2032.340 · 3 sections
    • § 2032.310 (a) If any party desires to obtain discovery by a physical examination other than that described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 2032.210), or by a…
    • § 2032.320 (a) The court shall grant a motion for a physical or mental examination under Section 2032.310 only for good cause shown. (b) If a party stipulates as provided…
    • § 2032.340 (a) If any action involving allegations of sexual abuse of a minor, including any act listed in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Failure To Submit To or Produce Another for Physical or Mental Examination §§ 2032.410–2032.420 · 2 sections
    • § 2032.410 If a party is required to submit to a physical or mental examination under Articles 2 (commencing with Section 2032.210) or 3 (commencing with Section…
    • § 2032.420 If a party is required to produce another for a physical or mental examination under Articles 2 (commencing with Section 2032.210) or 3 (commencing with…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Conduct of Examination §§ 2032.510–2032.530 · 3 sections
    • § 2032.510 (a) The attorney for the examinee or for a party producing the examinee, or that attorney’s representative, shall be permitted to attend and observe any…
    • § 2032.520 If an examinee submits or authorizes access to X-rays of any area of his or her body for inspection by the examining physician, no additional X-rays of that…
    • § 2032.530 (a) The examiner and examinee shall have the right to record a mental examination by audio technology. (b) Nothing in this title shall be construed to alter,…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Reports of Examination §§ 2032.610–2032.650 · 5 sections
    • § 2032.610 (a) If a party submits to, or produces another for, a physical or mental examination in compliance with a demand under Article 2 (commencing with Section…
    • § 2032.620 (a) If the party at whose instance an examination was made fails to make a timely delivery of the reports demanded under Section 2032.610, the demanding party…
    • § 2032.630 By demanding and obtaining a report of a physical or mental examination under Section 2032.610 or 2032.620, or by taking the deposition of the examiner, other…
    • § 2032.640 A party receiving a demand for a report under Section 2032.610 is entitled at the time of compliance to receive in exchange a copy of any existing written…
    • § 2032.650 (a) If a party who has demanded and received delivery of medical reports under Section 2032.610 fails to deliver existing or later reports of previous or…