§ 2251. Lien established A hospital in Vermont, as defined in section 1801 of this title, furnishing medical or other service, including charges of private duty nurses, to a patient injured by reason of an accident not covered by the Workers’ Compensation Act, 21 V.S.A. § 601 et seq., shall have a lien upon any […]
§ 2252. Notice The lien shall not be effective, however, unless a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, the date of the accident, the name and location of the hospital, and the name of the person alleged to be liable is filed in the office of the clerk of the […]
§ 2253. Liability A person making payment to the patient or to his or her attorneys or heirs or legal representatives as compensation for the injury sustained, after the filing and mailing of the notice without paying to the hospital the amount of its lien or so much thereof as can be satisfied out of […]
§ 2254. Hospital lien docket Every town clerk shall, at the expense of the town, provide a suitable well-bound book to be called the hospital lien docket in which, upon the filing of any lien claim under this chapter, he or she shall enter the name of the injured person, the name of the person […]
§ 2255. Extension of lien In the event that a hospital entitled to a lien hereunder shall have served a notice as provided for by 33 V.S.A. § 821, the lien herein provided for shall extend to the town receiving such notice, provided that the town so served shall follow the provisions of sections 2252 […]
§ 2256. Discharge The hospital or town asserting a lien pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall, within 30 days from the date its claim is satisfied, file its certificate of discharge with the town clerk where the lien is filed, and the town clerk shall make proper entry and index of the discharge […]
