40-1-206. Premarital test -- approved laboratories -- rules. - Montana Statutes

     40-1-206. Premarital test -- approved laboratories -- rules. (1) The rubella blood test is acceptable for the purposes of 40-1-203 through 40-1-209 only if it is approved by the department of public health and human services and performed by one of the following:
     (a) the laboratory of the department of public health and human services;
     (b) a laboratory approved by the department of public health and human services;
     (c) a laboratory operated by any other state; or
     (d) a laboratory operated by the United States public health service or the United States armed forces.
     (2) The test may be made on request at the laboratory of the department of public health and human services.
     (3) The department of public health and human services shall adopt reasonable rules for:
     (a) reports to be submitted by any laboratory making tests and the manner of furnishing the reports to the certifying physician and the state; and
     (b) exemptions, on medical grounds, from the premarital rubella blood test.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 208, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 248, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 33, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 48-137; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 154, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 75, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Secs. 115, 568, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 73, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 294, L. 2007.