(a) Affected persons not to handle food, etc. No person who is affected with any disease in a communicable form, or is a carrier of such disease, shall work, and no employer shall knowingly require or permit such person to work, in any capacity which brings him in contact with the preparation, production, manufacture, packing, storage, sale, collection, distribution or transportation of any unpackaged food, meat, drink or food product, or in contact with any utensil, container or equipment used for the processing, preparing, handling or storage of unpackaged food, meat or drink.
(b) Notice to health officer. Any employer who discovers or suspects that any person described in subsection (a) of this section employed by him has contacted any communicable disease or is a carrier of such disease shall notify the county health officer immediately.
(c) Examination, etc., of employees. Every person connected with any establishment whose work brings him in contact with the handling, preparation, production, manufacture, packing, storage, sale, collection, distribution or transportation of any unpackaged food, meat, drink or food product or utensils, containers or equipment used for the processing, preparing, handling or storage of unpackaged food, meat or drink shall furnish such information, permit such physical examination or X-rays or both and submit such laboratory specimens as the county health officer may require for the purpose of determining freedom from communicable disease or infection.
(d) Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) in the discretion of the court. Each violation of any of the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate offense. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 88-5; 1972 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 13 2015 L.M.C., ch. 8, § 1.)