50-53-206. Validation of license required. (1) (a) If the local board of health conducts its own inspections and enforcement activities for the public swimming pools and public bathing places within its jurisdiction, a license issued by the department under part 1 and this part is not valid until it is signed by the local health officer of the jurisdiction in which the public swimming pool or public bathing place is located.
(b) The local health officer shall, within 15 days of receipt of the license, validate or refuse to validate the license. Failure of the officer to validate a license is a refusal for the purposes of 50-53-207.
(2) Validation is not required if the local board of health has delegated its inspection and enforcement activities for public swimming pools and public bathing places to the department.
History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 708, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 222, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 310, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 53. Public Swimming Pools and Swimming Areas
Part 2. Licensure of Public Swimming Pools and Bathing Places
50-53-201. License required -- validation
50-53-202. Application for and right to license
50-53-203. License fee and late fee -- disposition
50-53-204. License expiration -- nontransferability
50-53-206. Validation of license required
50-53-207. Refusal of health officer to validate -- appeal to board
50-53-209. Cooperative agreements -- inspections
50-53-211. Denial, suspension, or cancellation of license -- multiple pool facility
50-53-212. Administrative enforcement -- notice -- department hearing
50-53-213. Compliance with corrective action plan as bar to further administrative enforcement
50-53-214. Return of license for alteration or destruction
50-53-216. Civil penalties -- other enforcement not barred
50-53-217. Recovery of costs by department or local jurisdiction
50-53-218. Department to pay board for inspections or enforcement, or both