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2020 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 212 - Local health programs
212.631 Board may recover reasonable value of services furnished.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 212.631 (2020)
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212.631 Board may recover reasonable value of services furnished. In any case in which the department renders medical services to a person who is injured or suffers from a disease, after July 1, 1977, under circumstances creating a tort liability upon some third person to pay damages therefor, the board may recover from any third person the reasonable value of the services so furnished or to be furnished and shall, as to this right, be subrogated to any right or claim that the injured or diseased person, his guardian, personal representative, estate, dependents, or survivors has against such third person to the extent of the reasonable value of the services so furnished or to be furnished. The commissioner may also require the injured or diseased person, his guardian, personal representative, estate, dependents or survivors, as appropriate, to assign his claim or cause of action against the third person to the extent of that right or claim. Effective: July 1, 1977 History: Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 347, sec. 5, effective July 1, 1977.
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