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212.631 Board may recover reasonable value of services furnished.

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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 <br>or suffers from a disease, after July 1, 1977, under circumstances creating a tort liability <br>upon some third person to pay damages therefor, the board may recover from any third <br>person the reasonable value of the services so furnished or to be furnished and shall, as to <br>this right, be subrogated to any right or claim that the injured or diseased person, his <br>guardian, personal representative, estate, dependents, or survivors has against such third <br>person to the extent of the reasonable value of the services so furnished or to be <br>furnished. The commissioner may also require the injured or diseased person, his <br>guardian, personal representative, estate, dependents or survivors, as appropriate, to <br>assign his claim or cause of action against the third person to the extent of that right or <br>claim. Effective: July 1, 1977 <br>History: Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 347, sec. 5, effective July 1, 1977.