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Current as of April 27, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) For purposes of accuracy or completeness, a patient may request in writing that a health care provider correct or amend its record of the patient's health care information to which the provider has access under 50-16-541.
(2) As promptly as required under the circumstances but no later than 10 days after receiving a request from a patient to correct or amend its record of the patient's health care information, the health care provider shall:
(a) make the requested correction or amendment and inform the patient of the action and of the patient's right to have the correction or amendment sent to previous recipients of the health care information in question;
(b) inform the patient if the record no longer exists or cannot be found;
(c) if the health care provider does not maintain the record, inform the patient and provide the patient with the name and address, if known, of the person who maintains the record;
(d) if the record is in use or unusual circumstances have delayed the handling of the correction or amendment request, inform the patient and specify in writing the earliest date, not later than 21 days after receiving the request, when the correction or amendment will be made or when the request will otherwise be disposed of; or
(e) inform the patient in writing of the provider's refusal to correct or amend the record as requested, the reason for the refusal, and the patient's right to add a statement of disagreement and to have that statement sent to previous recipients of the disputed health care information.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Montana Title 50. Health and Safety § 50-16-543. Request for correction or amendment - last updated April 27, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mt/title-50-health-and-safety/mt-code-ann-sect-50-16-543/
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