Oregon Statutes 87.560 – Limitations on extent of lien
(1) No lien under ORS § 87.555 (1) shall be allowed:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 87.560
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(a) For hospitalization and treatment from a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner rendered after a settlement has been effected by or on behalf of the party causing the injury;
(b) Against any sum for necessary attorney fees, costs and expenses incurred by the injured party in securing a settlement, compromise, award or judgment; or
(c) For an amount payable for medical services under a policy that provides personal injury protection coverage provided to an injured person prior to a hospital, physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner perfecting a lien under ORS § 87.565 (2).
(2) This section does not preclude a hospital, a physician licensed under ORS Chapter 677, physician assistant licensed under ORS § 677.505 to 677.525 or nurse practitioner licensed under ORS § 678.375 to 678.390 from perfecting a lien under ORS § 87.555. [Amended by 1989 c.727 § 2; 1999 c.146 § 2; 2005 c.465 § 5; 2014 c.45 § 6]