{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-16-202","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-16-202","heading":"Committees to have access to information.","body":"It is in the interest of public health and patient medical care that health care facility committees have access to the records and other health care information relating to the condition and treatment of patients in the health care facility to study and evaluate for the purpose of evaluating matters relating to the care and treatment of patients for research purposes and for the purpose of reducing morbidity or mortality and obtaining statistics and information relating to the prevention and treatment of diseases, illnesses, and injuries. To carry out these purposes, any health care facility and its agents and employees may provide medical records or other health care information relating to the condition and treatment of any patient in the health care facility to any utilization review, peer review, medical ethics review, quality assurance, or quality improvement committee of the health care facility.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 16. HEALTH CARE INFORMATION","Part 2. Professional Review Committees"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0160/part_0020/section_0020/0500-0160-0020-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:15Z","sha256":"dbc5ad5eb6f76ffd543a7bcbff31089a0fa54afa26b7425fb5a07ef737df1c8c","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-16-201","next":"us-mt/50-16-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}