Privacy in health care -- ownership of firearms

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50-16-108. Privacy in health care -- ownership of firearms. (1) No health care provider or health care facility may:

(a) refuse to provide health care to a person because the person declines to answer any questions concerning the person's ownership, possession, or use of firearms; or

(b) inquire about a person's ownership, possession, or use of firearms as a condition of receiving health care.

(2) For the purposes of this section:

(a) the terms "health care", "health care facility", and "health care provider" have the meanings provided in 50-16-504; and

(b) the term "possession" does not apply to the presence of a firearm on the person of a patient at the time of treatment.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 231, L. 2013.


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