Montana § 50-20-803 - Definitions

§ 50-20-803. Definitions

Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Abortion clinic" means a health care provider that performs any abortion procedure or provides an abortion-inducing drug. (2) (a) "Abortion-inducing drug" means a medicine, drug, or any other substance provided, prescribed, or dispensed with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with the knowledge that the termination will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child. (b) The term includes the off-label use of drugs known to have abortion-inducing properties that are prescribed specifically with the intent of causing an abortion. (c) The term does not include a drug that may be known to cause an abortion that is prescribed for other medical indications. (3) "Born alive" means the complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of a human infant, at any stage of development, who, after expulsion or extraction, breathes, has a beating heart, or has definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, induced abortion, or another method. (4) "Health care provider" means an individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health care service or procedure, including but not limited to a physician, physician's assistant, nurse, certified nursing assistant, medical assistant, hospital employee, medical facility employee, or abortion clinic employee. (5) "Knowingly" has the meaning provided in 45-2-101 . (6) "Medical facility" means a public or private hospital, clinic, center, medical school, medical training institute, health care facility, physician's office, infirmary, dispensary, ambulatory surgical treatment center, or other institution or location where medical care or treatment is provided to an individual. (7) "Purposely" has the meaning provided in 45-2-101 .