- (1) A local health officer or the department may restrict a person employed or engaged in direct care of children, the elderly, or individuals who are otherwise at a high risk for disease from practicing an occupation or activity while infected by a reportable disease if, given the means of transmission of the disease in question, the nature of the person's work would tend to transmit the disease.
- (2) No infectious person may engage in any occupation or activity involving the preparation, serving, or handling of food, including milk, to be consumed by others than their immediate family, until a local health officer determines them to be free of the infectious agent or unlikely to transmit the infectious agent due to the nature of their particular work.
- (3) Persons involved in food preparation, serving, or handling of food may be subject to additional restrictions as specified in: "Food Code, 2013, Recommendations of the United States Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration" published by National Technical Information Service, Publication PB2013-110462, ISBN 978-1-935239-02-4, November 3, 2013.
- (4) Persons attending or residing in congregate settings may be subject to additional restrictions and exclusions to prevent further transmission as determined by the local health authority.
Authorizing statute(s): 50-1-202, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 50-1-202, MCA
History: NEW, 1980 MAR p. 1579, Eff. 6/13/80; AMD, 1987 MAR p. 2147, Eff. 11/28/87; TRANS, from DHES, 2002 MAR p. 913; AMD, 2013 MAR p. 967, Eff. 6/7/13; AMD, 2017 MAR p. 343, Eff. 3/25/17.