Compensation of members
Sec. 25. (a) Each health care provider member of the medical
review panel is entitled to be paid:
(1) up to three hundred fifty dollars ($350) for all work
performed as a member of the panel, exclusive of time involved
if called as a witness to testify in court; and
(2) reasonable travel expense.
(b) The chairman of the panel is entitled to be paid:
(1) at the rate of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per diem, not
to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000); and
(2) reasonable travel expenses.
(c) The chairman shall keep an accurate record of the time and
expenses of all the members of the panel. The record shall be
submitted to the parties for payment with the panel's report.
(d) Fees of the panel, including travel expenses and other
expenses of the review, shall be paid by the side in whose favor the
majority opinion is written. If there is no majority opinion, each side
shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the cost.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.111-1998,
SEC.13.
Last modified: May 24, 2006