50-18-107. Powers and duties of health officers. - Montana Statutes

     50-18-107. Powers and duties of health officers. (1) If found necessary or desirable to protect public health, state and local health officers or their authorized deputies or agents shall:
     (a) examine or have examined persons reasonably suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease;
     (b) require persons infected to report for treatment to a reputable physician and continue treatment, which may be at public expense, until cured;
     (c) isolate or quarantine persons who refuse examination or treatment;
     (d) investigate sources of infection of a sexually transmitted disease.
     (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.

     History: En. Sec. 101, Ch. 197, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4605; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 440, L. 1989.