16-4-1006. Responsible server and sales training program, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2025

TITLE 16. ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND MARIJUANA

CHAPTER 4. LICENSE ADMINISTRATION

Part 10. Responsible Alcohol Sales and Service

Responsible Server And Sales Training Program

16-4-1006. Responsible server and sales training program. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the department shall certify all server and sales training programs that include the following:

(a) effects of alcohol on the human body;

(b) information, including criminal, civil, and administrative penalties, related to 27-1-710 and this code;

(c) procedures for checking identification, including government-certified digital identification cards;

(d) procedures for gathering proper documentation that may affect the licensee's liability;

(e) training for skills to handle difficult situations and to learn evaluation techniques regarding intoxicated persons or others that pose potential liability;

(f) a final test; and

(g) a certificate of completion, which must be provided to participants who pass the final test.

(2) The department shall certify two classes of training programs based on the nature of employment of the individual as follows:

(a) programs for employees of licensed locations that provide for on-premises consumption; and

(b) programs for employees of licensees that only provide for off-premises consumption. A training program under this subsection (2)(b) must be completed within at least half of the time for programs under subsection (2)(a).

(3) The department may not provide a responsible server and sales training program.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 412, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 107, L. 2025; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 111, L. 2025.