Montana Code 50-16-544. Procedure for adding correction, amendment, or statement of disagreement
50-16-544. Procedure for adding correction, amendment, or statement of disagreement. (1) In making a correction or amendment, the health care provider shall:
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-16-544
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Health care: means any care, service, or procedure provided by a health care provider, including medical or psychological diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, advice, or other services that affect the structure or any function of the human body. See Montana Code 50-16-504
- Health care information: means any information, whether oral or recorded in any form or medium, that identifies or can readily be associated with the identity of a patient and relates to the patient's health care. See Montana Code 50-16-504
- Health care provider: means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to provide health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession. See Montana Code 50-16-504
- Patient: means an individual who receives or has received health care. See Montana Code 50-16-504
(a)add the amending information as a part of the health record; and
(b)mark the challenged entries as corrected or amended entries and indicate the place in the record where the corrected or amended information is located, in a manner practicable under the circumstances.
(2)If the health care provider maintaining the record of the patient‘s health care information refuses to make the patient’s proposed correction or amendment, the provider shall:
(a)permit the patient to file as a part of the record of the patient’s health care information a concise statement of the correction or amendment requested and the reasons for the correction or amendment; and
(b)mark the challenged entry to indicate that the patient claims the entry is inaccurate or incomplete and indicate the place in the record where the statement of disagreement is located, in a manner practicable under the circumstances.