Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 5. HOSPITALS AND RELATED FACILITIES

Part 14. Patient Visitation Rights

Definitions

50-5-1403. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Care facility" means a hospice, hospital, or long-term care facility.

(2) "Hospice" has the meaning provided in 50-5-101.

(3) "Hospital" means a hospital or critical access hospital as those terms are defined in 50-5-101.

(4) "Long-term care facility" has the meaning provided in 50-5-101.

(5) "Patient" means an individual receiving services from a care facility.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 406, L. 2023.