Montana § 50-78-103 Applicability -- Exemptions

Montana Statutes

§ 50-78-103 — Applicability -- Exemptions

Montana § 50-78-103

Title 50HEALTH AND SAFETY

Ch. 78EMPLOYEE AND COMMUNITY HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL INFORMATION ACT

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Mont. Code Ann. § 50-78-103 (2026).

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50-78-103 . Applicability -- exemptions.

(1)The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:

(a)any consumer product intended for personal consumption or use by an employee;

(b)any retail food sale establishment or other retail trade establishment, exclusive of processing and repair areas;

(c)a food, drug, or cosmetic as defined in the Montana Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Title 50, chapter 31;

(d)a source of ionizing radiation that is an exempt or generally licensed material or device, as defined and described in rules adopted under 50-79-202 and implementing 50-79-104 and 50-79-202 ;

(e)the radiological properties of any source, byproduct, or special nuclear material as defined in sections 11(z), 11(aa), and 11(e)(1) of the federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or

(f)sealed containers

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50-78-103 . Applicability -- exemptions. (1) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:
(a) any consumer product intended for personal consumption or use by an employee;
(b) any retail food sale establishment or other retail trade establishment, exclusive of processing and repair areas;
(c) a food, drug, or cosmetic as defined in the Montana Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Title 50, chapter 31;
(d) a source of ionizing radiation that is an exempt or generally licensed material or device, as defined and described in rules adopted under 50-79-202 and implementing 50-79-104 and 50-79-202 ;
(e) the radiological properties of any source, byproduct, or special nuclear material as defined in sections 11(z), 11(aa), and 11(e)(1) of the federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or
(f) sealed containers of hazardous chemicals:
(i) during transportation or while in storage at transportation terminals, so long as existing labels are not removed or defaced and the employer complies with state and federal regulations relating to the transportation of hazardous chemicals; or
(ii) at a facility of a distributor, as long as existing labels are not removed or defaced and the employer distributes material safety data sheets as required under 50-78-203 (1).
(2) Employers operating the following workplaces are in compliance with this chapter if they retain and make accessible to employees and, when applicable, to students, all material safety data sheets received or, if no material safety data sheet is received for a hazardous chemical, any other information received on its hazards and safe handling and if the provisions of 50-78-206 , 50-78-301 (2) through (4), and 50-78-305 are met:
(a) a teaching, research, or testing laboratory, including any associated storeroom;
(b) a clinical laboratory or health care facility as defined in 50-5-101 ;
(c) a pharmacy as defined in 37-7-101 ;
(d) a public health center as defined in 7-34-2102 ; or
(e) an office of a physician, dentist, osteopath, podiatrist, optometrist, or veterinarian licensed under Title 37.
(3) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any hazardous chemical subject to the packaging and labeling requirements imposed under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136, et seq., except that a chemical manufacturer producing the hazardous chemicals must comply with all provisions of this chapter.