24.5.317 MEDICAL RECORDS (1) "Medical records" for purposes of this rule includes all medical notes, reports, test results, correspondence and other written records or materials regularly maintained by any medical provider as a part of the provider's records or file. The term shall also include all reports, correspondence and other documents authored by any medical provider.

(2) Within the time set by the scheduling or other order of the court, the parties shall exchange all medical records in their possession relating to the claimant's work-related medical conditions, other than records of professional consultants who have not examined the claimant and will not be witnesses at trial and whose records the party does not intend to offer into evidence. Failure to exchange any medical record by the exchange deadline shall preclude its use at trial except by stipulation of the parties or order of the court for good cause.

(3) Any party who intends to object to the authenticity or genuineness of any medical record, to its admissibility pursuant to Rule 803(6) Mont.R.Evid., or to its admissibility on any ground other than relevancy, shall make such objection in writing. All objections to medical records shall identify each medical record to which an objection is made and the particular objections to the record. The objections shall be served upon the adverse party within such time fixed by the scheduling or other order of the court. Failure to object to a medical record in the manner and within the time specified by this rule shall be deemed a waiver of any objection to the record, other than on relevancy grounds, and shall constitute an admission by the party that the record is authentic and admissible under the Montana Rules of Evidence and the Rules of the Workers' Compensation Court.

(4) Where a timely objection to a medical record is served, the record shall nonetheless be admitted, however, the party objecting to the record is entitled to call the medical provider or, if the objection is to the authenticity of the record, the custodian of the record as a witness either at trial or by deposition and to cross-examine the witness. (History: Sec. 2-4-201, MCA; IMP, Sec. 2-4-201, 39-71-2901, MCA; NEW, 1983 MAR p. 1715, Eff. 11/26/83; PREV. Rule #, ARM 2.52.212; TRANS, from Admin., 1989 MAR p. 2177, Eff. 12/22/89; AMD, 1990 MAR p. 847, Eff. 5/1/90; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 27, Eff. 1/14/94; AMD, 2001 MAR p. 153A, Eff. 3/01/01.)