An Act To Prevent the Use of Performance-enhancing Substances by Maine Student Athletes
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1952
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: BRENNAN, CUMMINGS, EDMONDS, DAVIS, HARLOW, MAZUREK

Legislative Document 
No. 1952 
S.P.749 
In Senate, January 10, 2006 
An Act To Prevent the Use of Performance-enhancing Substances 
by Maine Student Athletes 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Senator BRENNAN of Cumberland. 
Cosponsored by Representative CUMMINGS of Portland and 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senator: President EDMONDS of Cumberland, Representatives: DAVIS of Falmouth, 
HARLOW of Portland, MAZUREK of Rockland. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 20·A MRSA c. 223, sub·c. 7·B is enacted to read: 
SUBCHAPTER 7 -B 
PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES 
§6621. 
Performance-enhancing substance list 
1. 
List. 
The Department of Health and Human Services shall 
develop 
by 
January 
1, 
2007 
a 
list of 
performance-enhancing 
substances. 
The list must include the following: 
A. 
All substances that are: 
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Uni ted 
States Code, Section 321, Subsection (ff); and 
( 2) 
Listed on a banned substance list maintained by 
the National 
Collegiate Athletic Association or 
the 
World 
Anti-Doping 
Agency 
or 
their 
successor 
organizations; 
B. 
Ephedrine; 
C. 
Synephrine, also known as bitter orange; and 
D. 
Dehydroepiandrosterone. 
~~~ded. The performance-enhancing supstance list must 
be amended each time a new substance is added to either of the 
lists referred to in subsection 1, 
paragraph A, 
subparagraph 
(2) • 
For a substance to be prohibited under section 6624 in a 
particular 
school 
year, 
the 
substance must 
be 
added 
to 
the 
performance-enhancing 
substance list 
no 
later 
than 
July 
1st 
preceding that school year. 
3. 
Notification. 
The 
De.partment 
of 
Health 
and 
Human 
Services 
shall 
notify 
the 
department 
when 
the 
performance-enhancing 
substance list is 
complete 
and 
of 
any 
amendments to the list. 
The department shall notify a 
school 
administrative unit that has students in grades 9 to 
who 
participate in sports of the availability of the list. 
The 
Department of Health and Human Services shall post the list on 
its publicly accessible website. 
§6622. 
Training 
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d_e.£.artmeQ~Q.J,)_proviOe training for sport co.acheQ-L 
athletic directors and physical education teachers in the dangers 
of performance-enhancing substances. 
i~623. Marketing 
lL.t.rut~ner, 
athltlll~irector, sPQ£t.s coach or other school 
official or 
employee 
may 
not sell, distribute or 
promote 
a 
p-er~ormance-enhancing 
substMce 
on 
the 
performance-enhancing 
substance list under s~n 6621. 
A school may not accept a 
sponsorship 
from 
a 
manufacturer 
of 
a 
performance-enhancing 
substance on the performance-enhancing substance list. 
~~4. Prohibited 
A student participating in interscholastic sports 
use 
a 
performance-enhancing 
substance 
on 
P-e.Lformance-enhancing 
list 
under 
section 
6621. 
A 
participating 
in 
interscholastic 
sports 
shall 
sign 
provided by the department stating that the student will 
a performance-enhancing substance. 
SUMMARY 
may not 
the 
student 
a 
form 
not use 
This 
bill 
requires 
the 
Department 
of 
Health 
and 
Human 
Services to establish a performance-enhancing substance list, to 
publish the list on its publicly accessible website and to notify 
the Department of Education of the list. 
The bill also requires 
sport coaches, athletic directors and physical education teachers 
to be trained in the dangers of the use of performance-enhancing 
substances. 
The bill prohibits the use of performance-enhancing 
substances by students participating in interscholastic sports 
and requires a student to sign a form indicating that the student 
will abstain from using a performance-enhancing substance.