Indiana Code 22-3-7-17.1. Collection of medical expense payments; civil penalties; good faith errors
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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.
(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.
(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.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 22-3-7-17.1
- employee: means every person, including a minor, in the service of another, under any contract of hire or apprenticeship written or implied, except one whose employment is both casual and not in the usual course of the trade, business, occupation, or profession of the employer. See Indiana Code 22-3-7-9
- employer: includes the state and any political subdivision, any municipal corporation within the state, any individual or the legal representative of a deceased individual, firm, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation or the receiver or trustee of the same, using the services of another for pay. See Indiana Code 22-3-7-9
- medical service provider: refers to a person or an entity that provides services or products to an employee under this chapter. See Indiana Code 22-3-7-9
As added by P.L.216-1995, SEC.6.