Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 39. LABOR

CHAPTER 71. WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Part 15. Montana Safety Culture Act

Safety Consultation Services -- Safety Program As Provision Of Insurance Contract Or Agreement

39-71-1507. Safety consultation services -- safety program as provision of insurance contract or agreement. (1) Each insurer shall provide safety consultation services to each of its insured employers who request the assistance.

(2) The safety consultation services to be provided are within the discretion of the insurer but must include consideration of the hazard, experience, and size of the insured employer's operations.

(3) The insurer shall establish a system of priorities to use in responding to worksite safety consultation service requests, giving first priority to insured employers that have an unreasonably high actual or potential loss experience.

(4) Each insurer's insurance contract or agreement must require each insured employer to implement a safety program as part of the contract or agreement to provide workers' compensation coverage.

History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 295, L. 1993.