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 report of any examination of the same condition by any other physician, psychologist, or licensed health care practitioner. In addition, that party is entitled to receive promptly any later report of any previous or subsequent examination of the same condition, by any physician, psychologist, or licensed health care practitioner.
§ 2032.640.Exchange of written reports related to condition;
Title 4. Civil Discovery Act · Chapter 15. Physical or Mental Examination · Article 6. Reports of Examination · Enacted 2004 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 29, 2026
In one sentenceSection 2032.640 entitles a party who receives a report demand under Section 2032.610 to receive in exchange any existing written report of another examiner's exam of the same condition, plus prompt delivery of any later reports of earlier or subsequent exams of that condition.
Full Text of § 2032.640
Plain-English Summary
The report exchange this chapter sets up runs both directions, not just one. A party who receives a demand for a report under the prior demand section is entitled, at the time it complies with that demand, to receive back a copy of any existing written report from any other physician, psychologist, or licensed health care practitioner who examined the same condition.
That entitlement does not stop at whatever reports already exist. The party is also entitled to receive promptly any later report of a previous or subsequent examination of the same condition, by any physician, psychologist, or licensed health care practitioner, keeping the exchange current as new reports come in on either side rather than freezing it at a single moment in time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the party demanding an examiner's report also have to hand over its own reports?
Yes. Section 2032.640 entitles the party receiving the demand to reciprocal reports of other exams of the same condition at the time of compliance.
What if a new report on the same condition surfaces later?
The party is entitled to receive it promptly, whether it covers an earlier or a subsequent examination of that condition.
Does this reciprocal entitlement cover reports from any examiner, or only the one this chapter's demand targeted?
Any physician, psychologist, or licensed health care practitioner who has examined the same condition, not just the examiner named in the original demand.
Amendment History
(Added by Stats.2004, c. 182 (A.B.3081), § 23, operative July 1, 2005.)
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the West's Annotated California Codes / Thomson Reuters. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 29, 2026.
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