Reporting Paid Claims

33-3-27. Reports of awards under medical malpractice insurance policies

(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 Georgia Composite Medical Board when it pays a judgment or enters into an agreement to pay an amount 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. 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.

HISTORY: Code 1981, § 33-3-27, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 882, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 33; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1, § 8/SB 3; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 2/HB 509.

DISCLAIMER – Some of these codes have been amended over the years, and they can be amended again by the legislature at any time.  For some codes you use the version that existed at the time the malpractice occurred, but for others you use the version of the code that exists at the time you go to trial.  We show you these codes for general education purposes, but you should always consult an experienced Georgia medical malpractice attorney before relying on these provisions. 

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