Montana Code 50-50-301. Health officers and sanitarians to make investigations and inspections — training requirements
50-50-301. Health officers and sanitarians to make investigations and inspections — training requirements. (1) State and local health officers, sanitarians-in-training, and registered sanitarians shall make investigations and inspections of retail food establishments once a year and make reports to the department as required under rules adopted by the department. An inspection may be conducted more often than once a year.
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-50-301
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)A person conducting an inspection must be certified and have completed a food safety training program, such as the program administered by the national restaurant association educational foundation or its equivalent.
(3)(a) A cottage food operation is not subject to inspection under this section unless the state or local health officer is investigating a complaint based on an illness or an outbreak suspected to be directly related to cottage food products.
(b)A cottage food operation may request an inspection and pay the appropriate costs for that inspection on a voluntary basis.
(4)A producer as defined in 50-49-202 selling homemade food or a homemade food product pursuant to Title 50, chapter 49, part 2, is not subject to inspection under this section unless the state or local health officer is investigating a complaint based on an illness or an outbreak suspected to be directly related to that homemade food or homemade food product.