{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-16-108","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-16-108","heading":"Privacy in health care -- ownership of firearms.","body":"(1) No health care provider or health care facility may:\n(a) refuse to provide health care to a person because the person declines to answer any questions concerning the person's ownership, possession, or use of firearms; or\n(b) inquire about a person's ownership, possession, or use of firearms as a condition of receiving health care.\n(2) For the purposes of this section:\n(a) the terms \"health care\", \"health care facility\", and \"health care provider\" have the meanings provided in 50-16-504; and\n(b) the term \"possession\" does not apply to the presence of a firearm on the person of a patient at the time of treatment.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 16. HEALTH CARE INFORMATION","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0160/part_0010/section_0080/0500-0160-0010-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:15Z","sha256":"690744b14b30ee9a308176c8a73a2a9e0242543f7a7bd61b2e8e35d885efa783","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-16-105","next":"us-mt/50-16-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}