§ 9-19-36. Advance payments inadmissible in medical malpractice cases.
Any advance payment for medical bills by a health care provider or by the insurer of a health care provider shall not be construed as an admission of liability and shall not be admissible in evidence as to liability in any hearing or trial of an action of tort or breach of contract for malpractice, error, or mistake against a health care provider; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to limit the right of a health care provider to introduce in evidence any advance payment for medical bills in diminution of damages.
History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 103, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally
Section 9-19-1, 9-19-2. - Repealed.
Section 9-19-3. - Judicial notice of law of other states.
Section 9-19-4. - Information as to foreign law.
Section 9-19-5. - Determination made by court — Review.
Section 9-19-6. - Evidence of foreign law.
Section 9-19-7. - Law of foreign countries.
Section 9-19-8. - Uniformity of construction.
Section 9-19-10. - Entries and memoranda of decedent introduced for successor in title to decedent.
Section 9-19-12. - Statements and releases by patients in personal injury cases.
Section 9-19-12.1. - Releases for personal injuries.
Section 9-19-13, 9-19-14. - Repealed.
Section 9-19-15. - Stenographic transcripts of testimony in superior court.
Section 9-19-16 - — 9-19-18. Repealed.
Section 9-19-19. - Finding of presumed death under federal Missing Persons Act.
Section 9-19-20. - Other documents under Missing Persons Act.
Section 9-19-21. - Prima facie validity of federal findings and certified copies.
Section 9-19-22. - Severability.
Section 9-19-23, 9-19-24. - Repealed.
Section 9-19-25. - Illegally seized evidence inadmissible.
Section 9-19-26. - Testimony in divorce, separation, and annulment proceedings.
Section 9-19-27.1. - Repealed.
Section 9-19-28. - Evidence of damage to property.
Section 9-19-32. - Informed consent a preliminary question.
Section 9-19-33. - Res ipsa loquitur in medical malpractice actions.
Section 9-19-34.1. - Collateral source rule in medical malpractice actions.
Section 9-19-35. - Failure to bill inadmissible in medical malpractice cases.
Section 9-19-36. - Advance payments inadmissible in medical malpractice cases.
Section 9-19-38. - Proof of life or work life expectancy.
Section 9-19-39. - Use of photostatic copies.
Section 9-19-40. - Records of the division of motor vehicles.
Section 9-19-41. - Expert witnesses in malpractice cases.
Section 9-19-42. - The Rhode Island rules of evidence.
Section 9-19-43. - Report of laboratory test.
Section 9-19-44. - Mediator confidentiality in mediation proceedings.