Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 5. HOSPITALS AND RELATED FACILITIES

Part 13. Proxy Decisionmakers

Medical Ethics Committee Assistance In Decisions On Withholding Or Withdrawing Treatment

50-5-1306. Medical ethics committee assistance in decisions on withholding or withdrawing treatment. The medical ethics committee of a health care facility shall assist a lay or medical proxy decisionmaker upon request if the lay or medical proxy decisionmaker is considering or has made a decision to withhold or withdraw medical treatment. If the health care facility treating the patient does not have a medical ethics committee, the facility may provide an outside referral for assistance or consultation.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 285, L. 2017.