{"data":{"id":"us-mt/50-18-107","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"50-18-107","heading":"Powers and duties of health officers.","body":"(1) If found necessary or desirable to protect public health, state and local health officers or their authorized deputies or agents shall:\n(a) examine or have examined persons reasonably suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease;\n(b) require persons infected to report for treatment to a reputable physician and continue treatment, which may be at public expense, until cured;\n(c) isolate or quarantine persons who refuse examination or treatment;\n(d) investigate sources of infection of a sexually transmitted disease.\n(2) No one but the state or local health officer may terminate the isolation or quarantine. Examinations may be made repeatedly as deemed advisable or desirable.","path":["TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 18. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0180/part_0010/section_0070/0500-0180-0010-0070.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:18Z","sha256":"54d772fab50a1fd00b945cab224d2eaa5e1a55982fad6c22acd441a6a56e8eed","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/50-18-106","next":"us-mt/50-18-108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}