§3411. Lien Every individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, institution or any governmental unit or combination or parts of a partnership, firm, association, corporation, institution or governmental unit maintaining and operating a hospital licensed in the State is entitled to a lien for the reasonable charges for hospital care, treatment and maintenance of an injured person […]
§3412-A. Limits on priority of hospital liens 1. Lien reduction; just and equitable basis. A hospital lien must be reduced by the patient’s proportionate share of the patient’s litigation or other recovery costs, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees. A hospital lien must be satisfied not on the basis of a priority lien […]
§3412. Notice No such lien shall be perfected unless a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, as it shall appear on the records of the hospital, the date of the accident, the name and location of the hospital, and the name of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation […]
§3413. Duration No release of such causes of action, or any of them, or of any judgment thereon shall be valid or effectual as against such lien unless such lien holder shall join therein, or execute a release of such lien and any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, including an insurance […]
§3414. Index Every municipal clerk shall, at the expense of the municipality, provide a book or card filing system to be called the hospital lien docket in which, upon the filing of any lien claim under this chapter, he shall enter the name of the injured person, the name of the person, firm or corporation […]
§3415. Application This chapter shall apply only to such charges for medical or other services furnished to persons who were injured by reason of such accidents occurring on or after October 7, 1967. [PL 1973, c. 625, §57 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 373 (NEW). PL 1973, c. 625, §57 (AMD).
