20-25-511. Student’s right of privacy — legislative intent. It is the legislature’s intent that an institution of the university system of Montana is obligated to respect a student’s right of privacy. This obligation must be observed by establishing procedures to safeguard the institution’s activities that are necessary to protect the health, safety, and privacy of a person‘s residence and the privacy of the person’s records. Intrusions by peace officers and other officials exercising responsibility for law enforcement must be governed by standards and procedures no less stringent than those applicable to intrusions on private quarters outside the institutions. A student may not be subjected to discrimination by the use of covert records.

Terms Used In Montana Code 20-25-511

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • System: means the Montana university system. See Montana Code 20-1-101
  • University: means the university of Montana-Missoula. See Montana Code 20-1-101