Section 20Part 0 —
Recovery of payment by provider of a health benefit
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Subject to subsection (2), a sum due to a health care facility or to a registered medical practitioner in respect of medical care or dental care provided to a compulsorily insured person may, without prejudice to any other remedy, be recovered as a debt either from that person or from the approved insurer, and the health care facility or registered medical practitioner shall first seek to recover such debt from the approved insurer.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Limitation Act (1996 Revision), no sum due to a health care facility or to a registered medical practitioner in respect of medical care or dental care provided to a compulsorily insured person, shall be recovered as a debt under subsection (1), either from that person or from the approved insurer, after the expiration of one hundred and eighty days from the date on which the medical care or dental care was provided.