{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-17-401","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-17-401","heading":"Purpose.","body":"The legislature finds and declares that the practice of applied behavior analysis in Montana affects public health, safety, and welfare, particularly of some of the state's most vulnerable citizens, including individuals with disabilities. Therefore, licensure and regulation of applied behavior analysts is in the public interest to protect the public from unauthorized, unethical, unprofessional, or harmful conduct by individuals, other than those otherwise licensed or those exempt under 37-17-404.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 17. PSYCHOLOGISTS","Part 4. Behavior Analysis"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0170/part_0040/section_0010/0370-0170-0040-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:53Z","sha256":"6b1fae6f86b5d185e8b8f216e0558beba6514bd787f22919b1aee4599e6fd36f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-17-320","next":"us-mt/37-17-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}