{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-9-206","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-9-206","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(1) A health care provider who willfully fails to transfer the care of a patient in accordance with 50-9-203 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.\n(2) A physician or advanced practice registered nurse who willfully fails to record the determination of terminal condition or the terms of a declaration in accordance with 50-9-201 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.\n(3) An individual who purposely conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the declaration of another without the declarant's consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the declaration of another is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.\n(4) An individual who falsifies or forges the declaration of another individual or purposely conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation as provided in 50-9-104 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.\n(5) A person who requires or prohibits the execution of a declaration as a condition for being insured for or receiving health care service is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.\n(6) A person who coerces or fraudulently induces an individual to execute a declaration is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.\n(7) The penalties provided in this section do not displace any sanction applicable under other law.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 9. RIGHTS OF THE TERMINALLY ILL ACT","Part 2. Effect on Health Care -- Rights and Duties"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0090/part_0020/section_0060/0500-0090-0020-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:13Z","sha256":"6f4701bee295b43c3e5c497d94f6ddf9a6404e602f7350549210ad84cbb6f83f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-9-205","next":"us-mt/50-9-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}