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Ark. Code Ann. § 18-46-104

Extent of lien

Known as the Medical, Nursing, Hospital, and Ambulance Service Lien Act

The act spans §§ 18–18 (17 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Fort Smith Service Finance Corp. v. Parrish (1990)

Most recently applied in Shelby County Health Care Corp. v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co. (April 2017)

Acts 1933, No. 130, § 2; Pope's Dig., §§ 7990, 10819; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-802; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 3; 2019, No. 890, § 1.

On compliance with the requirements of this chapter, a practitioner, a nurse, an orthotist, a prosthetist, a pedorthist, a hospital, and an ambulance service provider shall each have a lien:

(1) For the value of the service rendered and to be rendered by the practitioner, nurse, orthotist, prosthetist, pedorthist, hospital, or ambulance service provider to a patient, at the express or implied request of that patient or of someone acting on his or her behalf, for the relief and cure of an injury suffered through the fault or neglect of someone other than the patient himself or herself;

(2) On any claim, right of action, and money to which the patient is entitled because of that injury, and to costs and attorney's fees incurred in enforcing that lien; and

(3) For the cost of a prosthesis, orthotic, pedorthic device, or medical appliance provided to the patient.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.