Montana § 50-9-202 Treatment Of Qualified Patients

Montana Statutes

§ 50-9-202 — Treatment Of Qualified Patients

Montana § 50-9-202

Title 50HEALTH AND SAFETY

Ch. 9RIGHTS OF THE TERMINALLY ILL ACT

Part 2Effect on Health Care -- Rights and Duties

This text of Montana § 50-9-202 (Treatment Of Qualified Patients) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Montana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 50-9-202 (2026).

Text

50-9-202 . Treatment of qualified patients.

(1)A qualified patient may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment so long as the patient is able to do so.

(2)This chapter does not affect the responsibility of the attending physician, attending advanced practice registered nurse, or other health care provider to provide treatment, including nutrition and hydration, for a patient's comfort care or alleviation of pain.

(3)Life-sustaining treatment cannot be withheld or withdrawn pursuant to a declaration from an individual known to the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse to be pregnant so long as it is probable that the fetus will develop to the point of live birth with continued application of life-sustaining treatment.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

50-9-202 . Treatment of qualified patients. (1) A qualified patient may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment so long as the patient is able to do so.
(2) This chapter does not affect the responsibility of the attending physician, attending advanced practice registered nurse, or other health care provider to provide treatment, including nutrition and hydration, for a patient's comfort care or alleviation of pain.
(3) Life-sustaining treatment cannot be withheld or withdrawn pursuant to a declaration from an individual known to the attending physician or attending advanced practice registered nurse to be pregnant so long as it is probable that the fetus will develop to the point of live birth with continued application of life-sustaining treatment.