Montana Code Annotated 2003

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     37-60-402. Confidentiality of information -- false reports -- badges and uniforms -- illegal entry. (1) A licensee or officer, director, partner, or manager of a licensee may divulge to any law enforcement officer or county attorney or his representative any information he may acquire as to any criminal offense, but he may not divulge to any other person, except as required by law, any information acquired by him except at the direction of the employer or client for whom the information was obtained.
     (2) No licensee or officer, director, partner, manager, or employee of a licensee may knowingly make any false report to his employer or client for whom information was being obtained.
     (3) No written report may be submitted to a client except by the licensee, qualifying manager, or a person authorized by either of them, and the person submitting the report shall exercise diligence in ascertaining whether or not the facts and information in the report are true and correct.
     (4) No licensee or officer, director, partner, manager, or employee of a licensee may use a title, wear a uniform, use an identification card, or make any statement with the intent to give an impression that he is connected in any way with the federal government, a state government, or any political subdivision of a state government.
     (5) No licensee or officer, director, partner, manager, or employee of a licensee may enter any private building or portion thereof without the consent of the owner or of the person in legal possession thereof.

     History: En. 66-3319 by Sec. 19, Ch. 234, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 101, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 66-3319; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 550, L. 1983.

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