48-308. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF RECEIPT. A patient shall be presumed to have received a consolidated summary of services or a final notice before extraordinary collection action three (3) days after the document has been sent by first class mail to the patient’s address confirmed by the patient during the patient’s last visit to the health care provider or as updated by the patient in subsequent written or electronic communications. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as precluding the patient from agreeing in writing to receive consolidated summaries of services or final notices before extraordinary collection action via email or other electronic means.
History:
[48-308, added 2020, ch. 139, sec. 1, p. 429; am. 2022, ch. 263, sec. 6, p. 849.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 48 - MONOPOLIES AND TRADE PRACTICES
Section 48-302 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 48-304 - REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION ACTION.
Section 48-305 - FEES AND COSTS FOR EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION ACTION.
Section 48-306 - EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION AFTER UNTIMELY NOTICE — LIMITATION.
Section 48-307 - BURDEN OF PROOF.
Section 48-308 - REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF RECEIPT.
Section 48-309 - DELIVERY OF CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY OF SERVICES.
Section 48-310 - CONTRACTED SERVICE.
Section 48-311 - ENFORCEMENT AND CIVIL PENALTIES.
Section 48-312 - NON-EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION ACTIONS.
Section 48-313 - TIME EXTENSION FOR SERVICES PROVIDED PRIOR TO A CERTAIN DATE.
Section 48-314 - SEVERABILITY.
Section 48-315 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING APPLICABILITY.