Montana § 50-9-501 - Health Care Declaration Registry -- Website -- Rulemaking
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§ 50-9-501. Health Care Declaration Registry -- Website -- Rulemaking
Health care declaration registry -- website -- rulemaking. (1) The attorney general shall establish and maintain a health care declaration registry. (2) The registry must be accessible through a website maintained by the attorney general. (3) The registry must be used to store declarations pertaining to life-sustaining treatment made pursuant to 50-9-103 that are filed with the attorney general. (4) The registry must be maintained in a secure database that is designed to provide authorized health care providers with immediate access to the registry at all times. (5) The attorney general may adopt rules to implement the creation and maintenance of a health care declaration registry and for the creation and maintenance of the statewide education and outreach program created in 50-9-505 .
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 50-9-501 ("Health Care Declaration Registry -- Website -- Rulemaking") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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