Sec. 25. (a) Each health care provider member of the medical review panel is entitled to be paid:
(1) up to five hundred dollars ($500) for all work performed as a member of the panel, exclusive of time involved if called as a witness to testify in court; and
(2) reasonable travel expense.
(b) The chairman of the panel is entitled to be paid:
(1) at the rate of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per diem, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500); and
(2) reasonable travel expenses.
(c) The chairman shall keep an accurate record of the time and expenses of all the members of the panel. The record shall be submitted to the parties for payment with the panel's report.
(d) Fees of the panel, including travel expenses and other expenses of the review, shall be paid by the side in whose favor the majority opinion is written. If there is no majority opinion, each side shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the cost.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-25.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.111-1998, SEC.13; P.L.182-2016, SEC.8.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure
Article 18. Medical Malpractice
Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel
34-18-10-1. Establishment of Medical Review Panels
34-18-10-2. Request for Formation of Panels
34-18-10-3. Members; Chairman; Powers and Duties
34-18-10-4. Selection of Panel Members
34-18-10-5. Eligibility for Panel Membership
34-18-10-6. Selection of Members by Parties
34-18-10-7. Selection of Panel Members by Multiple Parties
34-18-10-8. Panelists to Be Members of Defendant's Profession
34-18-10-9. Selection Periods; Notification; Selections by Chairman
34-18-10-10. Challenges to Panel Member Selections
34-18-10-11. Formation of Panel; Notice to Commissioner and Parties
34-18-10-12. Excusing Members From Service
34-18-10-13. Panel Expert Opinion; Time for Issuance
34-18-10-14. Sanction for Failure to Act as Required by Chapter
34-18-10-15. Removal of Chairman
34-18-10-16. Removal of Panel Member
34-18-10-18. Communication With Panel by Parties or Their Agents Prohibited
34-18-10-19. Preparation of Opinion by Chairman
34-18-10-20. Convening and Questioning of Panel
34-18-10-21. Duties of Panel in Conduct of Inquiry; Access to Information
34-18-10-23. Report of Panel as Evidence at Trial; Members as Witnesses
34-18-10-24. Immunity From Civil Liability