50-16-521. Health care representatives. (1) A person authorized to consent to health care for another may exercise the rights of that person under this part to the extent necessary to effectuate the terms or purposes of the grant of authority. If the patient is a minor and is authorized under 41-1-402 to consent to health care without parental consent, only the minor may exclusively exercise the rights of a patient under this part as to information pertaining to health care to which the minor lawfully consented.
(2) A person authorized to act for a patient shall act in good faith to represent the best interests of the patient.
History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 632, L. 1987.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 16. Health Care Information
Part 5. Uniform Health Care Information
50-16-502. Legislative findings
50-16-503. Uniformity of application and construction
50-16-505. Limit on applicability
50-16-506. through 50-16-510 reserved
50-16-511. Duty to adopt security safeguards
50-16-512. Content and dissemination of notice
50-16-513. Retention of record
50-16-514. through 50-16-520 reserved
50-16-521. Health care representatives
50-16-522. Representative of deceased patient
50-16-523. and 50-16-524 reserved
50-16-525. Disclosure by health care provider
50-16-526. Patient authorization to health care provider for disclosure
50-16-528. Patient's revocation of authorization for disclosure
50-16-529. Disclosure without patient's authorization based on need to know
50-16-530. Disclosure without patient's authorization
50-16-531. Immunity of health care providers pursuant to written authorization -- form required
50-16-532. through 50-16-534 reserved
50-16-535. When health care information available by compulsory process
50-16-536. Method of compulsory process
50-16-537. through 50-16-539 reserved
50-16-540. Reasonable fees allowed
50-16-541. Requirements and procedures for patient's examination and copying
50-16-542. Denial of examination and copying
50-16-543. Request for correction or amendment
50-16-544. Procedure for adding correction, amendment, or statement of disagreement
50-16-545. Dissemination of corrected or amended information or statement of disagreement