Montana Code 35-8-1307. Relationship to clients and patients
35-8-1307. Relationship to clients and patients. (1) The relationship between an individual performing professional services as an employee of a domestic or foreign professional limited liability company and a client or patient is the same as if the individual performed the services as a sole practitioner.
Terms Used In Montana Code 35-8-1307
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Foreign professional limited liability company: means a limited liability company organized for the purpose of rendering professional services under a law other than the law of this state, including the laws of a federally recognized Indian tribe. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Person: means an individual, a general partnership, a limited partnership, a domestic or foreign limited liability company, a trust, an estate, an association, a corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Professional limited liability company: means a limited liability company designating itself as a professional limited liability company in its articles of organization. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Montana Code 35-8-102
(2)The relationship between a domestic or foreign professional limited liability company performing professional services and the client or patient is the same as between the client or patient and the individual performing the services.
(3)Any privilege applicable to communications between a person rendering professional services and the person receiving the services recognized under the statutory or common law of this state extends to a domestic or foreign professional limited liability company and its employees.