Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Bureau
Cogswell Building, Rm. C-216 1400 Broadway/P.O Box 202951
Helena, Montana 59620
Bureau Chief: Kathleen McCarthy, 406-444-4735
The Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Bureau provides core public health functions including: disease surveillance; disease investigation; regulatory public health activities; coordination of prevention and treatment; education; training; and policy development.
Communicable Disease & Epidemiology/TB Section
- Collects and reports communicable disease information.
- Investigates outbreaks and coordinates information exchange for disease control.
- Evaluates the distribution and cause of communicable disease.
- Coordinates statewide TB prevention and control program.
Supervisor: Bonnie Barnard MPH, CIC , 406-444-0273
Food and Consumer Safety Section
- Administers and enforces laws regulating food (retail, wholesale, and processing), transient public accommodations (hotels, motels, tourist homes, trailer courts, camp grounds), institutions (schools, prisons, jails), body art (tattoo and body piercing), pools and public bathing facilities.
- Develops and operates vector control programs to reduce pathways for communicable disease.
- Enhances food and water security.
Supervisor: Jan Stetzer, 406-444-5309
HIV/STD Prevention Section
- Develops the written plan for prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV.
- Coordinates testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.
- Provides education and training to the public and health care professionals.
- Contracts with community agencies to provide testing, treatment, and counseling services.
- Coordinates services related to rape and sexual assault prevention.
Supervisor: Laurie Kops, 406-444-2457
Immunization Section
- Manages federally purchased vaccine, including storage and distribution.
- Collects immunization information via registry and evaluates immunization rates.
- Supports plans for mass vaccination clinics.
- Coordinates and trains local public health professionals on vaccine-preventable disease issues.
- Provides public and professional consultation on issues related to immunization.
Supervisor: Joyce Burgett, 406-444-0065
