{"id":"DUT-MT-005","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 2)","authority":"Mont. Code Ann. Title 50, ch. 2 (Local Boards of Health), part 1","instrument":"Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-118","title":"Powers and duties of local health officers","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing; subsections (2) to (4) added by Ch. 408, L. 2021 (HB 121, approved Apr. 16, 2021)","end":"standing","startDate":"2021-04-16","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE","GATH","EVT","QUAR"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; all businesses and facilities where people congregate"],"clause":"local health officers... shall: (a) make inspections for conditions of public health importance and issue written orders for compliance or for correction...; (b) take steps to limit contact between people in order to protect the public health from imminent threats, including but not limited to ordering the closure of buildings or facilities where people congregate and canceling events","enforcement":"Compliance order executed at the violator\u0027s expense (50-2-123; DUT-MT-006); misdemeanor under 50-2-124(2) (DUT-MT-007); law-enforcement assistance under 50-2-120; hindering a health officer is unlawful under 50-2-122","functions":[],"notes":"Every county, city and city-county health officer held a mandatory (\u0027shall\u0027) charge to issue written compliance orders, to order \u0027the closure of buildings or facilities where people congregate\u0027, to cancel events, to \u0027establish and maintain quarantine and isolation measures\u0027 ((1)(d)) and to \u0027pursue action with the appropriate court\u0027 if chapter 2 or the rules under it are violated ((1)(e)); the Yellowstone, Gallatin, Missoula, Cascade and Lewis and Clark orders of 2020-2021 (Ex. MT-043 to MT-070, MT-074 to MT-085) rest on this section.","sourceUrl":"https://archive.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0020/part_0010/section_0180/0500-0020-0010-0180.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":91538,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-MT","url":"/library/DUT-MT-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MT-005","citation":"Montana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 2), Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-118 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MT-005)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-043","MT-070","MT-074","MT-085","DUT-MT-006","DUT-MT-007"]}