50-16-522. Representative of deceased patient. Except as provided in 50-19-402, a personal representative of a deceased patient may exercise all of the deceased patient's rights under this part. If there is no personal representative or upon discharge of the personal representative, a deceased patient's rights under this part may be exercised by the surviving spouse, a parent, an adult child, an adult sibling, or any other person who is authorized by law to act for the deceased patient.
History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 632, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 657, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1824, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 67, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 353, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 235, L. 2017.
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