Montana Code 50-16-512. Content and dissemination of notice
50-16-512. Content and dissemination of notice. (1) A health care provider who provides health care at a health care facility that the provider operates and who maintains a record of a patient‘s health care information shall create a notice of information practices, in substantially the following form:
NOTICE
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-16-512
- 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 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 50-16-504
- 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
“We keep a record of the health care services we provide for you. You may ask us to see and copy that record. You may also ask us to correct that record. We will not disclose your record to others unless you direct us to do so or unless the law authorizes or compels us to do so. You may see your record or get more information about it at …………”
(2)The health care provider shall post a copy of the notice of information practices in a conspicuous place in the health care facility and upon request provide patients or prospective patients with a copy of the notice.