{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-2-503","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-2-503","heading":"Health care provider right to advise of lawful health services.","body":"(1) A health care provider may:\n(a) make a patient aware of or educate or advise a patient about lawful health care services for which a reasonable basis exists, including the off-label use of health care services;\n(b) make a patient aware of or educate or advise a patient about health care-related research or data; and\n(c) offer, provide, or make available lawful health care services, including the off-label use of health care services as allowed under state law.\n(2) (a) A state agency, a political subdivision of the state, or a private entity under contract with a health professional licensing board provided for in Title 37 may not punish a health care provider, directly or indirectly through a subcontractor or otherwise, for actions taken under this section.\n(b) The prohibition on punishment includes an adverse licensure action.\n(3) This section does not:\n(a) prohibit a health professional licensing board from taking action if a health care provider commits unprofessional conduct arising outside of the actions specified in this section or provides health care services outside of the provider's scope of practice;\n(b) impair a private health care entity from establishing standards of practice and communications standards for its employees;\n(c) impair any right or limitation on medical liability; or\n(d) prevent the reporting of an action to a health professional licensing board regarding medical liability cases, settlements, or decisions.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS","Part 5. Medical Practice Protection Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0020/part_0050/section_0030/0370-0020-0050-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:42Z","sha256":"bd8697514cdb3213b43eff79730f1ab84ebef973365302b80a1417d24d321a0d","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-2-502","next":"us-mt/37-2-504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}