212.631 Board may recover reasonable value of services furnished. - Kentucky Statutes

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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.