DE · rules
Del. Super. Ct. Civ. R. 35
Physical and mental examinations of persons
(a) Order for examination. When the mental or physical condition (including the blood group) of a party
or of a person in the custody or under the legal control of a party, is in controversy, the Court in which the
action is pending may order the party to submit to a physical or mental examination by a suitably licensed
or certified examiner or to produce for examination the person in the party’s custody or legal control. The
order may be made only on motion for good cause shown and upon notice to the person to be examined
and to all parties and shall specify the time, place, manner, conditions, and scope of the examination and
the person or persons by whom it is to be made.
(b) Report of examiner.
(1) If requested by the party against whom an order is made under Super. Ct. Civ. R. 35(a) or the
person examined, the party causing the examination to be made shall deliver to the requesting party a
copy of the detailed written report of the examiner setting out the examiner’s findings, including
results of all tests made, diagnoses and conclusions, together with like reports of all earlier
examinations of the same condition. After delivery the party causing the examination shall be entitled
upon request to receive from the party against whom the order is made a like report of any
examination, previously or thereafter made, of the same condition, unless, in the case of a report of
examination of a person not a party, the party shows that the party is unable to obtain it. The Court on
motion may make an order against a party requiring delivery of a report on such terms as are just, and
if an examiner fails or refuses to make a report the Court may exclude the examiner’s testimony if
offered at trial.
(2) By requesting and obtaining a report of the examination so ordered or by taking the deposition of
the examiner, the party examined waives any privilege the party may have in that action or any other
involving the same controversy, regarding the testimony of every other person who has examined or
may thereafter examine the party in respect of the same mental or physical condition.
(3) This subdivision applies to examinations made by agreement of the parties, unless the agreement
expressly provides otherwise. This subdivision does not preclude discovery of a report of an examiner
or the taking of a deposition of the examiner in accordance with the provisions of any other Rule.
History
Amended, effective Dec. 1, 1993.
Provenance
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- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- 2026-09-23
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