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Business Standards Division
The Business Standards Division establishes and enforces minimum building, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical, energy, elevator, and boiler codes as well as licenses, inspects, tests, and certifies all weighing or measuring devices used in commercial transactions. The Division is also charged with licensing and regulating persons and businesses engaged in specific professions and occupations.
- Bureau of Building and Measurement Standards
- Business and Occupational Licensing Bureau & Health Care Licensing Bureau
Goals and Objectives
Bureau of Building and Measurement Standards
- Goal #1: Protect the health and safety of the public, employees, and prospective building owners in the state.
- Enforce and adopt appropriate minimum building codes to promote construction of safe, energy efficient and accessible buildings and building components including elevators and boilers.
- Goal #2: Provide prompt, courteous and efficient service to building owners, design professionals, contractors, and trade persons.
- Review and approve building plans, including factory built buildings within two weeks.
- Issue plumbing, mechanical, and electrical permits within one day of application.
- Issue passenger elevator and boiler permits within three weeks.
- Goal #3: Assure equity in all commercial transactions.
- On an annual basis test, inspect, and certify 90% all scales, retail and wholesale meters, and Liquid Propane Gas dispensers used commercially in Montana.
- Test for net-content compliance, 2,000 pre-packed packages on an annual basis.
- Investigate all complaints concerning fuel quality.
- Test for octane rating compliance, at least 100 fuel samples from across the state.
Business and Occupational Licensing Bureau & Health Care Licensing Bureau
- Goal #1 Protect the health safety and welfare of the public.
- Assist and advise boards to maintain high standards of excellence for the regulated professions and occupations within the state.
- Work with the respective industries for those licensing programs without boards to maintain high standards of excellence for the regulated professions and occupations within the state.
- Designate field staff to routinely inspect and advise licensees and the public on matters regarding licensure and safe practice.
- Goal #2 Advance optimal health outcomes for Montana residents.
- Assist and advise boards in establishing rules to address safe practice and appropriate conduct of each health care professional.
- Goal #3 License and renew licenses to qualified individuals in a timely and cost effective manner.
- Process 80% of all new license applications within 14 days of receipt of a completed application.
- Support and improve online licensing functions for all licensing boards and programs.
- Process all license renewal applications that are processed in the office within 14 days of receipt of the completed renewal.
- Goal #4 Provide boards with sufficient administrative support to:
- Investigate allegations of licensee incompetence, negligence, and unlicensed practice;
- Impose fair and appropriate sanctions, based upon consistent findings of facts, practices, or omissions that are not in compliance with the statutes and rules regulating the profession; and
- Fulfill the statutory duties and responsibilities of the board and provide excellent customer service to licensees and the public.
Business Standards Division Accomplishments
Business Standards Division Website: http://www.mt.gov/dli/bsd/
