15-6-217. Exemption for vehicle of certain health care professionals. A motor vehicle that is brought, driven, or coming into this state is exempt from the registration fees imposed in 15-24-301 if the motor vehicle is registered in another state or country by a nonresident person who is a licensed health care professional, as provided in Title 37, chapter 3, 8, 11, 14, 20, 25, 28, or 34, and who is employed in Montana by a rural health care facility that is located in an area that has been:

Terms Used In Montana Code 15-6-217

  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201

(1)designated by the secretary of the federal department of health and human services as a health professional shortage area, as provided in 42 U.S.C. § 254(e); or

(2)determined to have a critical shortage of nurses, as provided in 42 U.S.C. § 297n(a)(3).