Montana Code 50-16-805. Disclosure of information allowed for certain purposes
50-16-805. Disclosure of information allowed for certain purposes. (1) To the extent provided in 39-71-604 and 50-16-527, a signed claim for workers’ compensation or occupational disease benefits authorizes disclosure to the workers’ compensation insurer, as defined in 39-71-116, by the health care provider.
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-16-805
- Health care: means care, services, or supplies provided by a health care provider that are related to the health of an individual. See Montana Code 50-16-803
- Health care facility: means a hospital, clinic, nursing home, laboratory, office, or similar place where a health care provider provides health care to patients. See Montana Code 50-16-803
- Health care information: means any information, whether oral or recorded in any form or medium, that:
(a)is created or received by a health care provider;
(b)relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual or to the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to the individual; and
(c)identifies or with respect to which there is a reasonable basis to believe the information can be used to identify the individual. See Montana Code 50-16-803
- 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 50-16-803
- Patient: means an individual who receives or has received health care. See Montana Code 50-16-803
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)A health care provider may disclose health care information about an individual for law enforcement purposes if the disclosure is to:
(a)federal, state, or local law enforcement authorities to the extent required by law; or
(b)a law enforcement officer about the general physical condition of a patient being treated in a health care facility if the patient was injured by the possible criminal act of another.
(3)A health care provider may disclose health care information to a fetal, infant, child, and maternal mortality review team for the purposes of 50-19-402.
(4)A health care employer, as defined in 39-2-221, may disclose information contained in written reports pursuant to 39-2-221 to the department of justice for data collection and reporting purposes. (Subsection (4) terminates June 30, 2025–sec. 4, Ch. 516, L. 2023.)