Oregon Statutes - Chapter 445 - Indigent Persons Injured in Motor Vehicle Accidents - Section 445.060 - Limitation on benefits for care supplied.

Except as provided in ORS 445.070, the payment of benefits authorized by this chapter is limited to care supplied within one year from the date of the motor vehicle injury and is further limited so that for care supplied to any one indigent patient by reason of any one motor vehicle injury:

(1) No hospital or hospitals shall receive from the fund more than $6,000, in the aggregate, except that a Level I or II trauma hospital or hospitals may receive up to $12,000, in the aggregate.

(2) No doctor or doctors shall receive from the fund more than $2,500, in the aggregate.

(3) No nurse or nurses shall receive from the fund more than $500, in the aggregate.

(4) No pharmacy or pharmacies shall receive from the fund more than $500, in the aggregate.

(5) No ambulance operator or ambulance operators shall receive from the fund more than $500, in the aggregate, except that an air ambulance or air ambulances may receive up to $2,000, in the aggregate.

(6) No supplier or suppliers of prosthetic appliances and services shall receive from the fund more than $500, in the aggregate.

(7) No licensed physical therapist or licensed physical therapists shall receive from the fund more than $500, in the aggregate. [Amended by 1953 c.399 §2; 1969 c.260 §2; 1973 c.141 §2; 1997 c.546 §2]

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