34. A professional in the field of health who has not received from the Board a copy of a notice contemplated in section 32 or 33 respecting an amount of fees claimed by him from an insured person for insured services which he rendered to him as a professional who had withdrawn, may claim the unpaid amount from the Board before the courts, in the place and stead of his patient, from the ninetieth day following the forwarding of his account to the patient, provided that he has, in writing, notified the Board and his patient of his intention at least thirty days beforehand.
1970, c. 38, s. 10; 1979, c. 1, s. 23; 1999, c. 89, s. 42.