Rule 1-035 NMRA
Rule 1-035. Physical and mental examination 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 examining physician.
(1)
If requested by the party against whom an order is made under Paragraph
A of this rule or the person examined, the party causing the examination to be made
shall deliver to the requesting party a copy of a 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 the 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 paragraph applies to examinations made by agreement of the parties,
unless the agreement expressly provides otherwise. This paragraph 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.