REPORTING OF PAID CLAIMS



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Disclaimer: This is only one of the important Georgia Code sections that might apply to  your medical malpractice claim.   It is supplied here only for general background information and should not be relied upon without reviewing your legal situation with a lawyer and also making sure you are using the annual version of the code that applies to your situation.  That may or may not be the version of the code that was in existence on the date of the incident.  Other codes and case law may also apply.  

33-3-27.
(a) For the purposes of this Code section, the term 'medical malpractice claim' means any claim for damages resulting from the death of or injury to any person arising out of health, medical, or surgical service, diagnosis, prescription, treatment, or care rendered by a person authorized by law to practice medicine in this state or by any person acting under such person's supervision and control.
(b) Every insurer providing medical malpractice insurance coverage in this state shall notify in writing the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners when it pays a judgment in excess of $10,000.00 or enters into an agreement to pay an amount in excess of $10,000.00 to settle a medical malpractice claim against a person authorized by law to practice medicine in this state; such judgments or agreements shall be reported to the board regardless of the dollar amount if the records of the insurer establish that there have been two or more previous judgments against or settlements with a licensed physician which relate to the practice of medicine. Such notice shall be sent within 30 days after the judgment has been paid or the agreement has been entered into by the parties involved in the claim.



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