27-6-401. Composition of panel. (1) Those eligible to sit on the panel are health care providers licensed pursuant to Montana law and residing in Montana and the members of the state bar of Montana. Six panel members shall sit in review of each case. Three panel members who are physicians and three panel members who are attorneys shall sit in review of each case in which the claim is heard only against one or more physicians. Three panel members who are dentists and three panel members who are attorneys shall sit in review of each case in which the claim is heard only against one or more dentists. Three panel members who are podiatrists and three panel members who are attorneys shall sit in review of each case in which the claim is heard only against one or more podiatrists. If the claim is heard only against one or more health care facilities, two of the panel members must be administrators of the same type of health care facility or facilities, one panel member must be a physician, and three panel members must be attorneys.

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Terms Used In Montana Code 27-6-401

  • Dentist: means :

    (a)for purposes of the assessment of the annual surcharge, an individual licensed to practice dentistry under the provisions of Title 37, chapter 4, who at the time of the assessment:

    (i)has as the individual's principal residence or place of dental practice the state of Montana;

    (ii)is not employed full-time by any federal governmental agency or entity; and

    (iii)is not fully retired from the practice of dentistry; or

    (b)for all other purposes, a person licensed to practice dentistry under the provisions of Title 37, chapter 4, who at the time of the occurrence of the incident giving rise to the claim:

    (i)was an individual who had as the principal residence or place of dental practice the state of Montana and was not employed full-time by any federal governmental agency or entity; or

    (ii)was a professional service corporation, partnership, or other business entity organized under the laws of any state to render dental services and whose shareholders, partners, or owners were individual dentists licensed to practice dentistry under the provisions of Title 37, chapter 4. See Montana Code 27-6-103

  • Health care facility: means a facility licensed as a health care facility under Title 50, chapter 5. 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
  • Physician: means :

    (a)for purposes of the assessment of the annual surcharge, an individual licensed to practice medicine under the provisions of Title 37, chapter 3, who at the time of the assessment:

    (i)has as the individual's principal residence or place of medical practice the state of Montana or practices telemedicine as defined in 37-3-102;

    (ii)is not employed full-time by any federal governmental agency or entity; and

    (iii)is not fully retired from the practice of medicine; or

    (b)for all other purposes, a person licensed to practice medicine under the provisions of Title 37, chapter 3, who at the time of the occurrence of the incident giving rise to the claim:

    (i)was an individual who had as the principal residence or place of medical practice the state of Montana or practiced telemedicine as defined in 37-3-102 and was not employed full-time by any federal governmental agency or entity; or

    (ii)was a professional service corporation, partnership, or other business entity organized under the laws of any state to render medical services and whose shareholders, partners, or owners were individual physicians licensed to practice medicine under the provisions of Title 37, chapter 3. See Montana Code 27-6-103

  • Podiatrist: means :

    (a)for purposes of the assessment of the annual surcharge, an individual licensed to practice podiatry under the provisions of Title 37, chapter 6, who at the time of the assessment:

    (i)has as the individual's principal residence or place of podiatric practice the state of Montana;

    (ii)is not employed full-time by any federal governmental agency or entity; and

    (iii)is not fully retired from the practice of podiatry; or

    (b)for all other purposes, a person licensed to practice podiatry under the provisions of Title 37, chapter 6, who at the time of the occurrence of the incident giving rise to the claim:

    (i)was an individual who had as the principal residence or place of podiatric practice the state of Montana and was not employed full-time by any federal governmental agency or entity; or

    (ii)was a professional service corporation, partnership, or other business entity organized under the laws of any state to render podiatric services and whose shareholders, partners, or owners were individual podiatrists licensed to practice podiatry under the provisions of Title 37, chapter 6. See Montana Code 27-6-103

  • 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)In all other cases, two of the panel members must be physicians, one panel member must be an administrator of the same type of health care facility, and three panel members must be attorneys, except that when a claim is heard against a dentist, a dentist must be substituted for one of the physicians on the panel and when a claim is heard against a podiatrist, a podiatrist must be substituted for one of the physicians on the panel.