Montana Code 50-5-703. Notice to designated lay caregiver
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50-5-703. Notice to designated lay caregiver. (1) A hospital shall notify a patient’s designated lay caregiver of the patient’s impending discharge or transfer to another hospital or facility licensed by the state as soon as practicable. Notice may be provided after the patient’s physician issues a discharge order and prior to the patient’s discharge or transfer.
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-5-703
- Discharge: means a patient's exit or release from a hospital to the patient's residence after an inpatient hospital admission. See Montana Code 50-5-701
- Hospital: means a hospital, critical access hospital, or rural emergency hospital as those terms are defined in 50-5-101. See Montana Code 50-5-701
- Lay caregiver: means an individual designated as a lay caregiver by a patient or the patient's legal representative to provide aftercare to a patient in the patient's residence. See Montana Code 50-5-701
- 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)If the hospital is unable to contact the lay caregiver, the lack of contact may not interfere with, delay, or otherwise affect the medical care provided to the patient or an appropriate discharge or transfer of the patient. The hospital shall appropriately document the inability to contact the lay caregiver.