{"id":"DUT-MT-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 1)","authority":"Mont. Code Ann. Title 50 (Health and Safety), ch. 1 (Administration of Public Health Laws), part 2 (Department)","instrument":"Mont. Code Ann. 50-1-202","title":"General powers and duties (Department of Public Health and Human Services)","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE","QUAR"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; all businesses (as the objects of inspection, correction orders, quarantine and nuisance abatement)"],"clause":"the department... shall: (a) make inspections for conditions of public health importance and issue written orders for correction, destruction, or removal of the condition;... (d) identify, assess, prevent, and mitigate conditions of public health importance through:... (iii) isolation and quarantine measures;... (v) abatement of public health nuisances; (vi) inspections","enforcement":"Enforcement through 50-1-103 (injunction; prosecution) (DUT-MT-004), 50-1-104 (misdemeanor for violating a department rule with no specified penalty; read, not saved) and 50-2-124(2) (misdemeanor; DUT-MT-007)","functions":[],"notes":"DPHHS holds a mandatory (\u0027shall\u0027) charge to inspect for conditions of public health importance, issue written correction orders, impose isolation and quarantine measures and abate public health nuisances, and under (1)(g) to \u0027bring and pursue actions necessary to abate, restrain, or prosecute the violation of public health laws and rules\u0027; every 2020 Directive recited this section as its public-health authority and directed local agencies to assist under 50-1-202(2)(a).","sourceUrl":"https://archive.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0010/part_0020/section_0020/0500-0010-0020-0020.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":97477,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-MT","url":"/library/DUT-MT-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MT-001","citation":"Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 1), Mont. Code Ann. 50-1-202 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-001)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-009","MT-013","MT-016","MT-018","DUT-MT-004","DUT-MT-007","DUT-MT-002","DUT-MT-003"]}