(a) To release a perfected lien, the operator of the hospital to whom the lien has been paid shall execute a certificate to the effect that the claim filed by the hospital for treatment, care and maintenance has been paid or discharged and authorizing the clerk of the Superior Court or the court where the lien was filed, to release the lien, the release to be at the expense of the hospital.
(b) The clerk shall thereafter enter upon the margin of the hospital lien book in which the lien has been entered, a memorandum of the filing and the date when the certificate of payment or discharge was filed in the clerk’s office, which certificate and entry constitute a release of lien, for which the clerk may charge a reasonable fee.