{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-10-102","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-10-102","heading":"Immunities.","body":"(1) The following are not subject to civil or criminal liability and are not guilty of unprofessional conduct upon discovery of DNR identification upon a person:\n(a) a physician or advanced practice registered nurse who causes the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from that person;\n(b) a person who participates in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures under the direction or with the authorization of a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse;\n(c) emergency medical services personnel who cause or participate in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from that person;\n(d) a health care facility in which withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from that person occurs;\n(e) physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, persons under the direction or authorization of a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse, emergency medical services personnel, or health care facilities that provide life-sustaining procedures pursuant to an oral or written request communicated to them by a person who possesses DNR identification.\n(2) The provisions of subsections (1)(a) through (1)(d) apply when a life-sustaining procedure is withheld or withdrawn in accordance with the do not resuscitate protocol.\n(3) Emergency medical services personnel who follow a do not resuscitate order from a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse are not subject to civil or criminal liability and are not guilty of unprofessional conduct.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 10. DO NOT RESUSCITATE -- NOTIFICATION","Part 1. General"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0100/part_0010/section_0020/0500-0100-0010-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:13Z","sha256":"3017ca4d5776b8046bab69db31925f99949966af17706c0f683e17a523080c6b","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-10-101","next":"us-mt/50-10-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}