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2018 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LIII - Proceedings in Court
Chapter 519-C - Early Offers for Medical Injury Claims
Section 519-C:4 - Confidentiality.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 519-C:4 (2018)
I. Proceedings, records, and communications during negotiation of an early offer shall be treated as private and confidential by the claimant and the medical care provider. The outcome and any other writings, evidence, or statements made or offered by a party or a party's representative during negotiation of an early offer and relevant only to the early offer process are not admissible in court or in a screening panel hearing under RSA 519-B, shall not be submitted or used for any purpose in a subsequent trial, and shall not be publicly disclosed.
II. A notice of injury provided pursuant to RSA 519-C:2, III, and subsequent actions taken pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the reporting requirements of RSA 329:17 and administrative rules adopted thereunder, unless the parties reach a settlement under this chapter. Settlements reached pursuant to this chapter are not exempt from the reporting requirements of RSA 329:17 and said administrative rules.
Source. 2012, 288:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
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