{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-5-1306","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-5-1306","heading":"Medical ethics committee assistance in decisions on withholding or withdrawing treatment.","body":"The medical ethics committee of a health care facility shall assist a lay or medical proxy decisionmaker upon request if the lay or medical proxy decisionmaker is considering or has made a decision to withhold or withdraw medical treatment. If the health care facility treating the patient does not have a medical ethics committee, the facility may provide an outside referral for assistance or consultation.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 5. HOSPITALS AND RELATED FACILITIES","Part 13. Proxy Decisionmakers"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0050/part_0130/section_0060/0500-0050-0130-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:10Z","sha256":"e1dbd0e774df7b6a831390cdf07f93298dc101fc310f46bac66b69eb0d6aa83a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-5-1305","next":"us-mt/50-5-1307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}