{"data":{"id":"us-mt/39-71-108","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"39-71-108","heading":"False statement on employment questionnaire.","body":"(1) A false statement made by an employee in an employer-provided written questionnaire calling for the disclosure of an employee's medical condition that is relevant to the essential functions of the job following a conditional offer of employment bars all wage-loss or medical benefits under this chapter if all of the following conditions are met:\n(a) the employee knowingly or willfully, by omission or commission, makes a false representation regarding the employee's physical condition that is relevant to the essential functions of the job;\n(b) the employer relies on the false representation and that reliance is a contributing factor in the hiring of the employee; and\n(c) there is a causal connection between the falsely represented condition and the injury or occupational disease for which wage-loss or medical benefits are claimed.\n(2) The employee has the right to petition the workers' compensation court after satisfying the mediation requirements of this chapter if the employee disagrees with a decision to terminate benefits or bar benefits as provided under subsection (1).","path":["TITLE 39. LABOR","CHAPTER 71. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0390/chapter_0710/part_0010/section_0080/0390-0710-0010-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:37Z","sha256":"56ac4c08327358c08029e0a6e83c603d2313eb4d7fb2e8133bf79ae84fe3e8bc","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/39-71-107","next":"us-mt/39-71-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}