Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 6. MONTANA MEDICAL LEGAL PANEL ACT

Part 1. General Provisions

What Claims Panel To Review -- Exceptions

27-6-105. What claims panel to review -- exceptions. The panel shall review all malpractice claims or potential claims against health care providers covered by this chapter except:

(1) those claims subject to a valid arbitration agreement allowed by law or upon which suit has been filed prior to April 19, 1977; and

(2) a claim brought by an inmate of a correctional facility against a health care provider arising from a health care service provided by the health care provider within the facility.

History: En. 17-1304 by Sec. 4, Ch. 449, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 17-1304(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 270, L. 2007.