{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-47-403","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-47-403","heading":"Duties of participants.","body":"(1) A participant shall:\n(a) act as would a reasonably prudent person when engaging in the activities offered by a licensed outfitter or guide or by an unlicensed outfitter's assistant in this state;\n(b) receive permission from the outfitter or guide prior to embarking on any self-initiated activity and inform the outfitter or guide of the participant's plans and intentions upon receiving permission to engage in the self-initiated activity.\n(2) A participant may not:\n(a) interfere with the running or operation of an outfitter's, guide's, or outfitter's assistant's activities when those activities conform to the standards of care set forth in 37-47-402 or 37-47-405;\n(b) use the outfitter's, guide's, or outfitter's assistant's equipment, facilities, or services unless the participant has requested and received permission from the outfitter, guide, or outfitter's assistant;\n(c) knowingly, purposely, or negligently engage in any type of conduct that contributes to or causes injury to the participant or any other person.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 47. OUTFITTERS AND GUIDES","Part 4. Relative Duties of Outfitters, Guides, and Participants"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0470/part_0040/section_0030/0370-0470-0040-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:09Z","sha256":"9b314b5decc0f71241009ae58336c3a52f5fc00d9cf6752cb30c2c70a0d7a088","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-47-402","next":"us-mt/37-47-404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}