California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 2034.430

CCP § 2034.430 Effective Jan 1, 2009Title 4 · Part 4 · Ch. 18 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (f), this section applies to an expert witness, other than a party or an employee of a party, who is any of the following:

(1)An expert described in subdivision (b) of Section 2034.210.

(2)A treating physician and surgeon or other treating health care practitioner who is to be asked during the deposition to express opinion testimony, including opinion or factual testimony regarding the past or present diagnosis or prognosis made by the practitioner or the reasons for a particular treatment decision made by the practitioner, but not including testimony requiring only the reading of words and symbols contained in the relevant medical record or, if those words and symbols are not legible to the deponent, the approximation by the deponent of what those words or symbols are.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 303, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.