{"id":"DUT-MT-002","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, ch. 1, part 2","instrument":"Mont. Code Ann. 50-1-203","title":"Public health inspections","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE","COND"],"addressees":["owners or persons in control of premises; specified businesses (theaters and every other facility where persons assemble)"],"clause":"(1) The department may make public health inspections of... theaters... and other buildings or facilities where persons assemble. If public health deficiencies are found in the facility, the department may direct that conditions be corrected within a reasonable time. (2)... may bring an action, including an action for injunctive relief, to correct the public health deficiencies.","enforcement":"Injunctive relief under 50-1-203(2) and 50-1-103 (DUT-MT-004); prosecution under 50-1-202(1)(g)","functions":[],"notes":"Every building or facility \u0027where persons assemble\u0027, which includes every place of business open to the public, is subject to State inspection, to a directive that \u0027conditions be corrected\u0027, and to an injunction to compel correction; the Directives recited this section as authority to \u0027take steps to limit contact between people\u0027 in \u0027buildings or facilities where persons assemble\u0027 (Ex. MT-009, MT-016). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://archive.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0010/part_0020/section_0030/0500-0010-0020-0030.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":79465,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-MT","url":"/library/DUT-MT-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MT-002","citation":"Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 1), Mont. Code Ann. 50-1-203 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-002)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-009","MT-016","DUT-MT-004","DUT-MT-001","DUT-MT-003"]}