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MT Code § 50-50-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-203. Application for license or permit

  50-50-203. Application for license or permit. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an application for a retail food establishment license must be:   (a) made to the department on forms and contain information required by the department; or   (b) filed using an application for a license that is in compliance with rules established by the board of review established in 30-16-302.   (2) An application for a temporary food establishment permit must be made to the local regulatory authority on a state-approved form. If a local board of review exists, the local board of review shall work with the state to provide a permit application under this subsection similar to the state-approved form, and the temporary food establishment may use the local board of review permit application.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 48, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 508, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 27-614(1); amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 366, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 239, L. 2015.
MT Code § 50-50-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-204. Right to license

  50-50-204. Right to license. Licenses shall be granted as a matter of right unless grounds for denial or cancellation exist.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 27-613(7).
MT Code § 50-50-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-206. License not transferable

  50-50-206. License not transferable. Licenses are not transferable or applicable to any premises other than that for which the license was issued.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 27-613(5).
MT Code § 50-50-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-207. Expiration date of license

  50-50-207. Expiration date of license. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), licenses expire on December 31 following the date of issue unless canceled for cause.   (2) License renewals provided for in 16-11-122, 30-12-203(5)(a), 50-50-201, 80-7-106, and 82-15-105 expire on the anniversary date established by rule by the board of review established in 30-16-302.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 27-613(4); amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 366, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 34, L. 2005.
MT Code § 50-50-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-208. Local board to report number of licensees to department

  50-50-208. Local board to report number of licensees to department. Before June 1 of each year, the local board of health shall submit to the department a list of the licensed retail food establishments, excluding temporary food establishments, in each jurisdiction. The local board of health also shall submit to the department a list of cottage food operations that have registered as provided in 50-50-117.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 48, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 508, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 27-614(part); amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 239, L. 2015.
MT Code § 50-50-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-209. Cancellation of license

  50-50-209. Cancellation of license. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the department may cancel the license of a retail food establishment if the department finds, after proper investigation, that the licensee has violated this chapter or a rule effective under this chapter and the licensee has failed or refused to remedy or correct the violation.   (2) A local regulatory authority may cancel a temporary food establishment permit if the local regulatory authority finds after proper investigation that the permitholder has:   (a) violated the provisions of this chapter or a rule promulgated under this chapter; and   (b) failed or refused to remedy or correct a violation that was the subject of the investigation.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 111, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 508, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 27-615(part); amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 239, L. 2015.
MT Code § 50-50-210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-210. Submission of plan of correction as bar to cancellation

  50-50-210. Submission of plan of correction as bar to cancellation. Submission to the department of an acceptable plan of correction within 10 days after receipt from the department of written notice of violation and execution of an acceptable plan within the time prescribed in the written notice of approval of the plan by the department shall be a bar to prosecution for violation.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 111, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 508, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 27-615(part).
MT Code § 50-50-211 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-211. Notice and hearing required

  50-50-211. Notice and hearing required. (1) The department may not deny or cancel the license of a retail food establishment without delivering to the applicant or licensee a written statement of the grounds for cancellation or denial or the charge involved and an opportunity to answer at a hearing before the department to show cause, if any, why the license should not be denied or canceled. To request a hearing, the licensee shall make a written request to the department within 10 days after notice of the grounds or charges has been received.   (2) A local regulatory authority may not deny or cancel a temporary food establishment permit without delivering to the applicant or permitholder a written statement of the grounds for cancellation or denial or the charge involved and an opportunity to answer at a hearing before the local board of health to show cause, if any, why the permit should not be denied or canceled. To request a hearing, the permitholder shall make a written request to the local board of health within 10 days after notice of the grounds or charges has been received. This subsection does not prohibit the cancellation of a permit in the event of an immediate threat to the public health. The permitholder retains the right of appeal.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 111, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 508, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 27-615(2); amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 239, L. 2015.
MT Code § 50-50-212 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-212. Cancellation of license or permit for multiple-type establishment

  50-50-212. Cancellation of license or permit for multiple-type establishment. When a multiple-type retail food establishment is licensed by the department, the denial or cancellation of the license may affect the entire establishment or only a portion as determined by the department. A multiple-type retail food establishment, including a mobile food establishment, includes an establishment authorized by 50-50-201(2).   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 111, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 508, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 27-615(3); amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 239, L. 2015.
MT Code § 50-50-213 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-213. Return of license or permit for alteration or destruction

  50-50-213. Return of license or permit for alteration or destruction. On cancellation of the license of a retail food establishment or the right to operate one or more of the multiple-type retail food establishments under the same license, the license certificate must be returned to the department for destruction or deletion of types of establishment as the department may direct in its notice of cancellation.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 111, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 508, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 27-615(4); amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 239, L. 2015.
MT Code § 50-50-214 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-214. Notification of and validation by local health officer

  50-50-214. Notification of and validation by local health officer. (1) (a) A retail food establishment license issued by the department under this chapter is not valid until signed by the local health officer in the county where the retail food establishment is located or until the license is otherwise validated by the local health officer and is in accordance with rules established by the board of review established in 30-16-302.   (b) The local health officer shall, within 15 days after the department has notified the local health officer of its decision to issue a retail food establishment license, make a final decision on whether the retail food establishment license will be validated.   (c) Failure of the local health officer to validate the retail food establishment license within 15 days after its receipt is a refusal.   (2) A temporary food establishment permit issued by the local regulatory authority under this chapter must be signed and validated by the local health officer in the county where the temporary food establishment is to operate. If a local board of review exists, the local health officer may validate the permit in accordance with regulations established by the local board of review.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 200, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 366, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 239, L. 2015.
MT Code § 50-50-215 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-215. Refusal by local health officer -- appeal to board

  50-50-215. Refusal by local health officer -- appeal to board. (1) (a) The local health officer may refuse to validate a license issued under this chapter only upon a finding that the requirements of this chapter and any rules implementing this chapter are not satisfied. If the local health officer refuses to validate the license, the officer shall notify the applicant and the department in writing stating the officer's reasons.   (b) If a local health officer does not approve a registration of a cottage food operator, as provided in 50-50-117, or a temporary food establishment permit, as provided in 50-50-120, the officer shall notify the applicant in writing stating the officer's reasons.   (2) The applicant or any person aggrieved by the decision of the local health officer as provided in subsection (1) may appeal the decision to the local board of health within 30 days after receiving written notice of the local health officer's decision.   (3) The hearing before the local board of health must be held pursuant to the contested case provisions of the Montana Administrative Procedure Act.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 200, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1852, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 239, L. 2015.
MT Code § 50-50-216 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-216. Special revenue account

  50-50-216. Special revenue account. There is an account in the state special revenue fund. Money in the account is allocated to the department to be used to administer the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 732, L. 1991.
MT Code § 50-50-217 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 2. Licensing|50-50-217. Water hauler requirements

  50-50-217. Water hauler requirements. As a requirement for licensure, a water hauler may obtain potable water only from an approved public water supply system, as defined in 75-6-102, or from sources approved and adopted by the department by rule.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 428, L. 2001.
MT Code § 50-50-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 3. Inspections|50-50-301. Health officers and sanitarians to make investigations and inspections -- training requirements

  50-50-301. Health officers and sanitarians to make investigations and inspections -- training requirements. (1) State and local health officers, sanitarians-in-training, and registered sanitarians shall make investigations and inspections of retail food establishments once a year and make reports to the department as required under rules adopted by the department. An inspection may be conducted more often than once a year.  (2) A person conducting an inspection must be certified and have completed a food safety training program, such as the program administered by the national restaurant association educational foundation or its equivalent.   (3) (a) A cottage food operation is not subject to inspection under this section unless the state or local health officer is investigating a complaint based on an illness or an outbreak suspected to be directly related to cottage food products.   (b) A cottage food operation may request an inspection and pay the appropriate costs for that inspection on a voluntary basis.   (4) A producer as defined in 50-49-202 selling homemade food or a homemade food product pursuant to Title 50, chapter 49, part 2, is not subject to inspection under this section unless the state or local health officer is investigating a complaint based on an illness or an outbreak suspected to be directly related to that homemade food or homemade food product.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 27-621(1); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 732, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 528, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 239, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 320, L. 2021.
MT Code § 50-50-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 3. Inspections|50-50-302. Health officers and sanitarians to have free access

  50-50-302. Health officers and sanitarians to have free access. (1) State and local health officers, sanitarians-in-training, and sanitarians must be provided free access to retail food establishments licensed or permitted under this chapter at all reasonable hours for the purpose of conducting investigations and inspections as required under this chapter.   (2) For the purpose of conducting investigations regarding complaints, illness, or outbreaks, state and local health officers, sanitarians-in-training, and sanitarians must be provided free access at all reasonable hours to cottage food operations if a complaint, illness, or outbreak is suspected or is directly related to the cottage food operation's cottage food products.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 27-621(2); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 732, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 239, L. 2015.
MT Code § 50-50-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 3. Inspections|50-50-303. Licensee or registrant to furnish food samples

  50-50-303. Licensee or registrant to furnish food samples. A licensee or a registrant under Title 50, chapter 50, part 2, shall furnish food samples for analysis as required by rules adopted by the department.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 27-621(3); amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 239, L. 2015.
MT Code § 50-50-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 3. Inspections|50-50-304. Discovery of food capable of causing food-borne illness

  50-50-304. Discovery of food capable of causing food-borne illness. If a state or local health officer, sanitarian, or other authorized person finds food that is capable of causing food-borne illness, that person shall issue a report in writing recommending that the food be withheld from sale to the public. A duplicate copy of the report, properly authenticated, is admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding where the condition of the food at the time of the inspection is material.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 27-621(4); amd. Sec. 1853, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-50-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 3. Inspections|50-50-305. Department to pay local board for inspections and enforcement

  50-50-305. Department to pay local board for inspections and enforcement. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), before June 30 of each year, the department shall pay to a local board of health, as established under 50-2-104, 50-2-106, or 50-2-107, an amount from the local board inspection fund account created in 50-2-108 that must be used only for the purpose of inspecting retail food establishments, including mobile food establishments, licensed under this chapter and enforcing the provisions of this chapter.   (2) (a) The provisions of subsection (1) apply only if there is a functioning local board of health and    the local board of health, local health officers, sanitarians-in-training, and registered sanitarians meet the requirements listed in subsection (2)(b).   (b) To be eligible under subsection (1), the entities listed in subsection (2)(a) shall:   (i) assist in inspections and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter; and   (ii) meet minimum program performance standards as established under rules adopted by the department.   (3) The funds received by the local board of health pursuant to subsection (1) must be deposited with the appropriate local fiscal authority and must be used to supplement, but not supplant, other funds received by the local board of health that in the absence of funding received under subsection (1) would be made available for the same purpose.   (4) Funds in the local board inspection fund account not paid to the local board of health as provided in subsection (1) may be used by the department, within any jurisdiction that does not qualify to receive payments from the local board inspection fund account, to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 17, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 48, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 508, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 27-614(part); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 336, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 732, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 239, L. 2015.
MT Code § 50-50-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 4. Frozen Food Lockers|50-50-401. Tagging or declaration requirements for stored meat

  50-50-401. Tagging or declaration requirements for stored meat. (1) The owner or operator of an establishment, as defined in this chapter, shall not receive the carcass of a game animal, game bird, or any quarter, half, or whole carcass of beef or veal unless:   (a) it is properly stamped or tagged; or   (b) a written declaration is filed by the owner stating how it was obtained, date placed in the locker, and weight and type of meat.   (2) A declaration made under subsection (1)(b) of this section shall be retained for 1 year and shall be open to inspection by employees of the department.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 17, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 27-624(part).
MT Code § 50-50-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 4. Frozen Food Lockers|50-50-402. Plant owner not responsible for violation of game laws

  50-50-402. Plant owner not responsible for violation of game laws. A person who owns or operates a frozen food plant that offers individual compartments to the public is not responsible for violation of game laws by persons who rent locker space from the owner or operator.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 17, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 27-624(part); amd. Sec. 1854, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-50-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 50. Retail Food Establishments|Part 4. Frozen Food Lockers|50-50-403. Liability of frozen food plant operators restricted

  50-50-403. Liability of frozen food plant operators restricted. The liability for loss of food by the owner or operator of a frozen food plant that offers individual compartments to the public is limited to negligence in operation or negligence of the owner's or operator's employees.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 17, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 27-622; amd. Sec. 1855, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-51-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 51. Hotels, Motels, and Roominghouses|Part 1. General Provisions|50-51-101. Findings and purpose of regulation or guidelines

  50-51-101. Findings and purpose of regulation or guidelines. (1) It is found that the welfare of the public is benefited by regulation or voluntary guidelines for the operation of establishments providing lodging space accommodations and for persons providing accommodations in order to prevent or eliminate unsanitary and unhealthful conditions and practices, which conditions and practices may endanger public health. It is further found that the regulation of or application of voluntary guidelines to establishments providing lodging space accommodations is in the interest of social well-being and the health and safety of the state and all of its people.   (2) The legislature recognizes that there is a wide disparity in the type of establishments, especially in the size, the time of year at which the establishments operate, and the ability of small establishments with few employees and a limited operating season to conform to the same standards to which larger establishments are required to conform. These factors must be considered, especially in the operation of small or seasonal businesses that are such an important part of Montana's tourism business. For these reasons, the legislature believes that department actions must be tailored to properly and reasonably address differences in the size, location, purpose, and time of year of operation of certain small or seasonal establishments. The legislature believes that guidelines to assist these small and seasonal establishments with addressing basic health standards are appropriate, rather than regulations. The guidelines should be voluntary and address basic health standards and should not detract from the rustic, out-of-doors experience offered by many guest ranches and outfitter and guide facilities and desired by many tourists. The legislature is also aware that most of these small and seasonal establishments such as guest ranches and outfitting and guide facilities have not been subject to department regulation. While voluntary guidance from the department on basic public health concerns may benefit these establishments, regulation is not warranted.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 18, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 485, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 34-301; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 412, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 334, L. 2011.