An Act To Require Notice to Municipal Officers of Violations of Emergency Medical Services Law and Rule
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0062
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: GERRISH, WOODSOME, FOLEY, HARLOW, RYKERSON, TURNER, WHITE
Amends: 32 MRSA §83, 32 MRSA §90-A, 32 MRSA §91-B

Legislative Document 
No. 62 
H.P. 56 
House of Representatives, January 14, 2015 
An Act To Require Notice to Municipal Officers of Violations of 
Emergency Medical Services Law and Rule 
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative GERRISH of Lebanon. 
Cosponsored by Senator WOODSOME of York and 
Representatives: FOLEY of Wells, HARLOW of Portland, RYKERSON of Kittery, TURNER 
of Burlington, WHITE of Washburn. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  32 MRSA §83, sub-§17-B is enacted to read: 
17-B.  Municipal officers.  "Municipal officers" means: 
A.  The selectmen or councillors of a town; or 
B.  The mayor and aldermen or councillors of a city. 
Sec. 2.  32 MRSA §90-A, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
2-A.  Notice to municipal officers.  In any proceeding under this section regarding a 
violation of law or rule in connection with the provision of emergency medical services in 
a municipality, subject to the confidentiality provisions of section 91-B, the board shall 
notify the municipal officers of that municipality.  
Sec. 3.  32 MRSA §91-B, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 271, §19, is 
amended to read: 
D.  During the pendency of an investigation, a complaint or investigative record may 
be disclosed: 
(1)  To Maine Emergency Medical Services employees designated by the 
director; 
(2)  To designated complaint officers of the board; 
(3)  By a Maine Emergency Medical Services employee or complaint officer 
designated by the board to the extent considered necessary to facilitate the 
investigation;  
(4)  To other state or federal agencies when the files contain evidence of possible 
violations of laws enforced by those agencies; 
(5)  By the director, to the extent the director determines such disclosure 
necessary to avoid imminent and serious harm. The authority of the director to 
make such a disclosure may not be delegated; 
(6)  When it is determined, in accordance with rules adopted by the department, 
that confidentiality is no longer warranted due to general public knowledge of the 
circumstances surrounding the complaint or investigation and when the 
investigation would not be prejudiced by the disclosure; or 
(7)  To the person investigated on request of that person. The director may refuse 
to disclose part or all of any investigative information, including the fact of an 
investigation, when the director determines that disclosure would prejudice the 
investigation. The authority of the director to make such a determination may not 
be delegated.; or 
(8)  To the municipal officers of a municipality in a proceeding in which notice is 
provided under section 90-A, subsection 2-A. 
SUMMARY 
This bill provides notice to the municipal officers of a municipality when the 
Emergency Medical Services' Board investigates or takes action with regard to a violation 
of law or rule in connection with the provision of emergency medical services in the 
municipality.  The bill provides an exception to Emergency Medical Services' Board 
confidentiality protections when notice is given to municipal officers.