Montana Code 27-6-701. No court action before application to and decision by panel
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27-6-701. No court action before application to and decision by panel. No malpractice claim may be filed in any court against a health care provider before an application is made to the panel and its decision is rendered.
Terms Used In Montana Code 27-6-701
- Health care provider: means a physician, a dentist, a podiatrist, or a health care facility. See Montana Code 27-6-103
- Malpractice claim: means a claim or potential claim of a claimant against a health care provider for medical or dental treatment, lack of medical or dental treatment, or other alleged departure from accepted standards of health care that proximately results in damage to the claimant, whether the claimant's claim or potential claim sounds in tort or contract, and includes but is not limited to allegations of battery or wrongful death. See Montana Code 27-6-103
- Panel: means the Montana medical legal panel provided for in 27-6-104. See Montana Code 27-6-103