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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. Every employer or claimant, if a written request is made by a basic no-fault insurer against whom a claim has been made, shall furnish forthwith, in a form approved by the insurance commissioner, a sworn statement of the earnings, since the time of the accidental bodily injury and for a twelve-month period before the injury, of the individual upon whose injury the claim is based.
2. Every physician, coroner or medical officer, hospital, clinic, or other medical institution providing, before or after an accidental bodily injury upon which a claim for basic or optional excess no-fault benefits is based, any products, services, or accommodations in relation to the injury, or in relation to a condition claimed to be connected with the injury, if requested in writing to do so by the basic no-fault insurer against whom the claim has been made, shall:
a. Promptly furnish a written report of the history, condition, treatment, and dates and costs of treatment.
b. Permit the inspection and copying of its records regarding the history, condition, treatment, and dates and costs of treatment.
c. Promptly furnish autopsy reports.
3. In the event of any dispute regarding a basic no-fault insurer's right to discovery of facts about an injured person's earnings or about history, condition, treatment, and dates and costs of such treatment, a court of record may enter an order for such discovery as justice requires.
4. A person may not charge more than twenty dollars for the first twenty-five pages and seventy-five cents per page for every page beyond twenty-five pages for providing a copy of medical records or medical bills in paper or facsimile format to a basic no-fault insurer pursuant to this chapter. If providing an electronic, digital, or other computerized format, a person may charge thirty dollars for the first twenty-five pages and twenty-five cents per page after twenty-five pages for providing a copy of medical records or medical bills to a basic no-fault insurer pursuant to this chapter. This charge includes any administrative fee, retrieval fee, and postage expense.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Dakota Century Code Title 26.1. Insurance § 26.1-41-12. Discovery of facts about an injured person - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nd/title-26-1-insurance/nd-cent-code-sect-26-1-41-12/
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