Independent Medical Examinations
| by Heather Duncan, Esq.
Medical examinations under the California Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) sections 2032.010-2032.650 are commonly referred to as “Independent Medical Examinations” or IMEs.
CCP §2032.220 allows any personal injury defendant to make a demand for an IME on the plaintiff, provided that the examination does not include any test or procedure that is painful, protracted or intrusive and the examination is located within 75 miles of the residence of the examinee.