§ 50-9-501 Health care declaration registry — website — rulemaking
§ 50-9-502 Health care declaration registry filing provisions — special revenue fund — failure to file declaration or notify of revocation — duty of health care providers to access registry
§ 50-9-503 Entry of declaration into health care declaration registry — removal of declaration
§ 50-9-504 Registry information — confidentiality — transfer of information
§ 50-9-505 Statewide education and outreach program

Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 50 > Chapter 9 > Part 5 - Health Care Declaration Registry

  • Declaration: means a document executed in accordance with the requirements of 50-9-103. See Montana Code 50-9-102
  • Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 50-9-102
  • Health care provider: means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession. See Montana Code 50-9-102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Life-sustaining treatment: means any medical procedure or intervention that, when administered to a qualified patient, serves only to prolong the dying process. See Montana Code 50-9-102
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Montana Code 50-9-102
  • Qualified patient: means a patient 18 years of age or older who has executed a declaration in accordance with this chapter and who has been determined by the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse to be in a terminal condition. See Montana Code 50-9-102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Montana Code 50-9-102