§ 16-605
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§16–605.
(a)The clerk of the circuit court shall provide a hospital lien docket. On the filing of a notice of lien under the provisions of this subtitle, the clerk shall enter in the hospital lien docket:
(1)The name of the injured patient;
(2)The name of the person alleged to be liable for the patient’s injuries;
(3)The date of the accident; and
(4)The name of the hospital making the claim.
(b)The clerk shall index the hospital lien under the name of the injured patient.
(c)On presentation of a release of a lien, the clerk shall note in the docket the date when the release was filed and shall note on the release that it was recorded. A release bearing a note that it was recorded or a notation in the docket showing the release constitutes prima facie evidence of the release of the lien.
(d)The clerk shall collect not more than $2 for the filing, recording, and indexing of each lien. He also shall collect not more than $2 for filing a release of the lien and for noting the filing of the release in the docket and on the release.