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Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3971 – Vivisection prohibited in public and private schools
1. Use of animals in schools. No live vertebrate, except eggs, may be used in kindergarten and grades one to 12 of any public or private school as part of a scientific experiment or for any other purpose in which the animal is experimentally medicated or drugged in a manner to cause painful reactions or to induce painful or lethal pathological conditions, or in which the animal is injured through any other type of treatment, experiment or procedure, including, but not limited to, anesthetization or electric shock or where the normal health of the animal is interfered with or where pain or distress is caused.
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 3971
Vertebrate: means a subphylum of chordate animals comprising those having a brain enclosed in a skull or cranium and a segmented spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1101
3. Standards of treatment. Any animal whose use is permitted under this section shall be treated in accordance with the ethical and humane standards promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to the rule-making provisions of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375, after consultation with representative groups in the State having an interest or expertise in the field of animal welfare, biology and education.
[ 1987, c. 383, §3 (NEW); 1993, c. 468, §25 (AMD) .]
[ 1989, c. 700, Pt. A, §34 (AMD); 1993, c. 468, §25 (AMD) .]
1987, c. 383, §3 (NEW). 1989, c. 700, §A34 (AMD). 1993, c. 468, §25 (AMD).