Section 16-605 - Hospital lien docket. - Maryland Statutes

§ 16-605. Hospital lien docket.
 

(a)  Information in docket.- The clerk of the circuit court shall provide a hospital lien docket. On the filing of a notice of lien under the provisions of this subtitle, the clerk shall enter in the hospital lien docket: 

(1) The name of the injured patient; 

(2) The name of the person alleged to be liable for the patient's injuries; 

(3) The date of the accident; and 

(4) The name of the hospital making the claim. 

(b)  Index.- The clerk shall index the hospital lien under the name of the injured patient. 

(c)  Release of lien.- On presentation of a release of a lien, the clerk shall note in the docket the date when the release was filed and shall note on the release that it was recorded. A release bearing a note that it was recorded or a notation in the docket showing the release constitutes prima facie evidence of the release of the lien. 

(d)  Fees for recording.- The clerk shall collect not more than $2 for the filing, recording, and indexing of each lien. He also shall collect not more than $2 for filing a release of the lien and for noting the filing of the release in the docket and on the release. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 63, § 50; 1975, ch. 49, § 3.]