{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-16-530","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-16-530","heading":"Disclosure without patient's authorization.","body":"A health care provider may disclose health care information about a patient without the patient's authorization if the disclosure is:\n(1) directory information, unless the patient has instructed the health care provider not to make the disclosure;\n(2) to federal, state, or local public health authorities, to the extent the health care provider is required by law to report health care information or when needed to protect the public health;\n(3) to federal, state, or local law enforcement authorities to the extent required by law;\n(4) to a law enforcement officer about the general physical condition of a patient being treated in a health care facility if the patient was injured on a public roadway or was injured by the possible criminal act of another;\n(5) in response to a request of the office of victims services for information under 53-9-104(2)(b);\n(6) pursuant to compulsory process in accordance with 50-16-535 and 50-16-536;\n(7) pursuant to 50-16-712; or\n(8) to the state medical examiner or a county coroner for use in determining cause of death. The information is required to be held confidential as provided by law.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 16. HEALTH CARE INFORMATION","Part 5. Uniform Health Care Information"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0160/part_0050/section_0300/0500-0160-0050-0300.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:16Z","sha256":"03cec42d252c398353b8f31a00f25cf91a20d15258e8f71db1916043e573488a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-16-529","next":"us-mt/50-16-531"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}