Collection of medical expense payments; civil penalties; good faith
errors
Sec. 17.1. (a) A medical service provider or a medical service
provider's agent, servant, employee, assignee, employer, or
independent contractor on behalf of the medical service provider may
not knowingly collect or attempt to collect the payment of a charge
for medical services or products covered under IC 22 from an
employee or the employee's estate or family members.
(b) If after a hearing, the worker's compensation board finds that
a medical service provider has violated this section, the worker's
compensation board may assess a civil penalty against the medical
service provider in an amount that is at least one hundred dollars
($100) but less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation.
(c) The worker's compensation board may not assess a civil
penalty against a medical service provider for a violation of this
section that is the result of a good faith error.
As added by P.L.216-1995, SEC.6.
Last modified: May 27, 2006