50-17-108. Commitment on noncompliance with order to be examined or treated, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 17. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Part 1. Tuberculosis Control

Commitment On Noncompliance With Order To Be Examined Or Treated

50-17-108. Commitment on noncompliance with order to be examined or treated. (1) If a person fails to comply with an order issued pursuant to 50-17-107 to submit to an examination for tuberculosis within the time set, the court shall order the person committed to a hospital to determine if the person has tuberculosis and, if so, whether the person is infectious.

(2) If a person fails to comply with an order issued pursuant to 50-17-107 to complete an approved course of treatment, the court shall order the person to be restricted to a treatment location to complete an approved course of treatment under the supervision of a local health officer, the officer's designee, or a physician or other health care professional designated by the department.

History: En. Sec. 32, Ch. 197, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 69-4309; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 61, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 190, L. 2001.