TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES
DIVISION 5: BUSINESS REGULATION
§ 51549. Extent of lien; Exception; Lien in Addition to Lien on Property. (a) Whenever any person receives hospitalization on account of any injury, and he, or his personal representative after his death, claims damages from the person responsible for causing the injury, the hospital has a lien upon any sum awarded the injured person or his personal representative by judgment or obtained by a settlement or compromise to the extent of the amount due the hospital for the reasonable value of the hospitalization rendered before the date of judgment, settlement or compromise. (b) The lien provided by this section is in addition to the lien provided by 4 CMC § 51556 of part B of this article. Source: PL 15-117, § 2(51449), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission modified this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(c) by changing references to agree with the renumbered sections.