{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-22-3-3-5.1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 22-3-3-5.1","heading":"Collection of medical expense payments; civil penalties; good faith errors","body":"Sec. 5.1. (a) A medical service provider or a medical service provider's agent, servant, employee, assignee, employer, or independent contractor on behalf of the medical service provider may not knowingly collect or attempt to collect the payment of a charge for medical services or products covered under IC 22 from an employee or the employee's estate or family members.\n(b) If after a hearing, the worker's compensation board finds that a medical service provider has violated this section, the worker's compensation board may assess a civil penalty against the medical service provider in an amount that is at least one hundred dollars ($100) but less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation.\n(c) The worker's compensation board may not assess a civil penalty against a medical service provider for a violation of this section that is the result of a good faith error.","path":["TITLE 22. LABOR AND SAFETY","ARTICLE 3. WORKER'S COMPENSATION SYSTEM","Chapter 3. Worker's Compensation: Notice of Injury; Treatment; Compensation Schedule; Payments"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_22.html#22-3-3-5.1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-08-18T00:45:42Z","sha256":"c9eb791fc59dc4577e3cdd4edd06c75c7627c7c68ed229af64d00afb280ceaad","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-22-3-3-5","next":"us-in/ic-22-3-3-5.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}