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2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › 22 §2952. Search and notification

§2952. Search and notification
1.  Persons to conduct reasonable search.
The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the searcher reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:
A. A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
B. If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
2.  Document of gift or refusal found.
If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection 1, paragraph A and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
3.  Immunity.
A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › 22 §2953. Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine

§2953. Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine
1.  Delivery during lifetime not required.
A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
2.  Examination and copying.
Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under section 2951.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › 22 §2955. Coordination of procurement and use

§2955. Coordination of procurement and use
Each hospital in this State, after consultation with procurement organizations, shall establish agreements or affiliations for coordination of procurement and use of human bodies and parts.   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › 22 §2956. Immunity

§2956. Immunity
1.  In accordance with chapter.
A person that acts in accordance with this chapter or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state or attempts in good faith to do so is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution or administrative proceeding.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
2.  No liability for injury or damage.
Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
3.  Reliance on representations.
A person who documents the making, amending or revoking of an anatomical gift under this chapter may rely upon representations of the individuals listed in section 2949, subsection 1, paragraphs B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I relating to their relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › 22 §2957. Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity

§2957. Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity
1.  Validity of document.
A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:
A. This chapter;   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
B. The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
C. The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
2.  Law of State governs.
If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this State governs the interpretation of the document of gift.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
3.  Presumption.
A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › 22 §2958. Donor registry

§2958. Donor registry
1.  Elements of donor registry.
A donor registry must:
A. Provide a database that allows an individual who has made an anatomical gift to be included on the donor registry. The Maine Organ Donor Registry maintained under Title 29‑A, section 1402‑A must comply with this paragraph beginning January 1, 2010;   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
B. Be accessible to a procurement organization to allow it to obtain relevant information on the donor registry to determine, at or near death of the donor or prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made an anatomical gift; and   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
C. Be accessible for purposes of paragraph B 7 days a week on a 24-hour basis.   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
2.  Nondisclosure of personally identifiable information.
Personally identifiable information on a donor registry about a donor or prospective donor may not be used or disclosed without the express consent of the donor, prospective donor or the person that made the anatomical gift for any purpose other than to determine, at or near death of the donor or prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made an anatomical gift.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
3.  Other registries.
This section does not prohibit any person from creating or maintaining a donor registry that is not established by or under contract with the State. A registry under this subsection must comply with this chapter.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
4.  Certification of donor registries.
Prior to the establishment of a nongovernmental donor registry, the donor registry must be certified by the department to ensure the registry operates in accordance with the standards and requirements of this chapter except that a donor registry established by an organ procurement organization designated by and in good standing with the United States Department of Health and Human Services is exempt from the certification requirement.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
5.  Rulemaking.
The department shall adopt rules to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › 22 §2959. Honoring decision of donors

§2959. Honoring decision of donors
A person's decision to make a donation of that person's own body, organ or tissue after death must be honored. In the absence of a revocation or amendment under section 2946, health care providers and procurement organizations shall act in accordance with the donor's decision and may take appropriate actions to effect the gift.   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › 22 §2960. Cooperation between Chief Medical Examiner and procurement organization

§2960. Cooperation between Chief Medical Examiner and procurement organization
1.  Cooperation to maximize opportunity.
The Chief Medical Examiner shall, consistent with the requirements of chapter 711, cooperate with a procurement organization to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
2.  Examination within compatible time period.
If the Chief Medical Examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the Chief Medical Examiner and a postmortem examination may be performed, unless the Chief Medical Examiner denies recovery in accordance with section 2961, the Chief Medical Examiner or designee shall undertake reasonable efforts to conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a time period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
3.  Subject of an anatomical gift.
A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the Chief Medical Examiner for transplantation, therapy, research or education unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the Chief Medical Examiner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This subsection does not preclude the Chief Medical Examiner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the Chief Medical Examiner.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › 22 §2962. Registration of recovery agencies

§2962. Registration of recovery agencies
1.  Registration.
Except as provided under subsection 2, a recovery agency must be registered by the department prior to requesting, receiving or otherwise participating in an anatomical gift under this chapter.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
2.  Rulemaking.
The department shall adopt rules governing the registration of recovery agencies. The rules must provide for exemptions for organ procurement organizations designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and tissue banks registered with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration that are in good standing with their respective federal oversight agencies. The rules may provide for exemptions for other recovery agencies if such agencies operate in full compliance with this chapter. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
3.  Fees.
The department may charge reasonable registration fees to defray administrative costs in administering this section.
[PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › 22 §2963. Uniformity of application and construction

§2963. Uniformity of application and construction
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › 22 §2964. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

§2964. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
This Act modifies, limits and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 United States Code, Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(a) of that Act, 15 United States Code, Section 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that Act, 15 United States Code, Section 7003(b).   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 710-B: REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › 22 §2965. Effective date

§2965. Effective date
This chapter takes effect January 1, 2009.   [PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 601, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3021. Title

§3021. Title
This chapter shall be referred to as the Medical Examiner Act.   [PL 1967, c. 534, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 534, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3023. Medical examiners; appointment; jurisdiction

§3023. Medical examiners; appointment; jurisdiction
The Chief Medical Examiner shall appoint medical examiners, who have statewide jurisdiction and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Medical Examiner, subject to the Chief Medical Examiner's control and the rules adopted by the Chief Medical Examiner. Medical examiners are appointed for a term of no more than 5 years, and such terms may be renewed indefinitely. The medical examiners must be learned in the science of medicine and anatomy, licensed as physicians in this State and residents of this State. Each medical examiner before entering upon the duties of the office and before each period of renewal must be duly sworn to the faithful performance of the medical examiner's duty.   [PL 2015, c. 285, §1 (AMD).]
The Chief Medical Examiner may make temporary appointments when the Chief Medical Examiner determines it is in the public interest. Temporary medical examiners shall serve on a case-by-case basis and must be licensed as physicians by the State but do not need to be residents of the State or take an oath of office.   [PL 2001, c. 222, §2 (AMD).]
The Chief Medical Examiner may retain official consultants to serve the various needs of the office. These consultants must possess a high degree of integrity and be learned in their fields. They need not reside within the State or take an oath of office. They serve at the pleasure of the Chief Medical Examiner.   [PL 2001, c. 222, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 534, §2 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 538, §3 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 611, §5 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 222, §2 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 113, §1 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 285, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3023-A. Medicolegal death investigators; appointment; jurisdiction

§3023-A. Medicolegal death investigators; appointment; jurisdiction
The Chief Medical Examiner may appoint persons who are not physicians as medicolegal death investigators, who have statewide jurisdiction and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Medical Examiner, subject to the Chief Medical Examiner's control and rules adopted by the Chief Medical Examiner. Medicolegal death investigators must meet the certification and training requirements established by the Chief Medical Examiner and must be residents of this State. Medicolegal death investigators may be employees of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner or serve on a fee-for-service basis as determined by the Chief Medical Examiner. A medicolegal death investigator before entering upon the duties of the office must be duly sworn to the faithful performance of the medicolegal death investigator's duty.   [PL 2017, c. 475, Pt. A, §35 (AMD).]
The Chief Medical Examiner may implement a training and education program to enhance the technical and oversight expertise of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner and Medicolegal Death Investigator I positions. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, employees in the Medicolegal Death Investigator I classification who participate in the training and education program and who demonstrate that they have achieved competencies prescribed by the Chief Medical Examiner may progress immediately to the senior position in this classification series.   [PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. LL, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2013, c. 113, §2 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 475, Pt. A, §35 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. LL, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3026. Reports of death

§3026. Reports of death
1.  Persons suspecting medical examiner case.
Any person who becomes aware of a suspected medical examiner case shall immediately notify a law enforcement officer or the Office of Chief Medical Examiner. As used in this subsection, "person" means a natural person, including a public servant, and a corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or any other nonhuman legal entity, including any governmental unit.
[PL 2001, c. 222, §7 (AMD).]
2.  Law enforcement officers suspecting medical examiner case.
Any law enforcement officer who becomes aware of a suspected medical examiner case shall immediately notify the Office of Chief Medical Examiner.
[PL 2001, c. 222, §7 (AMD).]
3.  Medical examiners suspecting medical examiner case.
Any medical examiner who becomes aware of a death caused by physical injury, or in which physical injury is the suspected cause, shall immediately notify the Office of Chief Medical Examiner and the appropriate law enforcement agency. The agency shall notify the district attorney for the district in which the body is located.
[PL 2001, c. 222, §7 (AMD).]
4.  Cases involving or suspected of involving physical injury attributable to criminal conduct.
Any law enforcement officer or medical examiner who becomes aware of a death involving physical injury attributable to criminal conduct, or in which physical injury attributable to criminal conduct is suspected, other than vehicular manslaughter, in addition to complying with the notification requirements in subsection 3, shall immediately notify the Attorney General.
[PL 2001, c. 222, §7 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 534, §2 (NEW). PL 1973, c. 604, §1 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 538, §6 (RPR). PL 2001, c. 222, §7 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3028-A. Disposal of unidentified remains and abandoned human remains

§3028-A. Disposal of unidentified remains and abandoned human remains
Whenever unidentified human remains are recovered, the Chief Medical Examiner may store the remains, release them to an educational institution, inter them in an appropriate resting place or have them cremated. Ashes of remains cremated may be disposed of in any appropriate manner. Human remains uncovered in a cared-for cemetery or known to be Indian remains are excluded from the operation of this section.   [PL 2017, c. 335, §1 (AMD).]
The Chief Medical Examiner may assume responsibility for the disposal of identified human remains of a deceased resident of this State that are the subject of a medical examiner case if no one takes custody and control of the human remains for a period of 30 days after the Chief Medical Examiner has both completed an autopsy or necessary examination of the human remains and made reasonable inquiry under section 3028-D, subsection 1. Such abandoned remains may be interred or cremated. The Chief Medical Examiner shall file or cause to be filed a certificate of abandonment in the municipality where the human remains were recovered that indicates the means of disposal.   [PL 2017, c. 335, §1 (NEW).]
In the absence of a responsible party, payment of expenses incurred by the Chief Medical Examiner pursuant to this section must be made pursuant to section 3028-D, subsection 2 as if the remains were unidentified. The Chief Medical Examiner may seek to recover costs from the estate or municipality of residence of the deceased.   [PL 2017, c. 335, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 611, §8 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 335, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3028-B. Retention of body fragments and body fluids

§3028-B. Retention of body fragments and body fluids
A medical examiner or the medical examiner's designated pathologist may retain body fragments or body fluids for evidence, further study or documentation.   [RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §152 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 611, §8 (NEW). RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §152 (COR).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3028-C. Disposal of nonsubstantial fragments and fluids; disposal of substantial fragments

§3028-C. Disposal of nonsubstantial fragments and fluids; disposal of substantial fragments
1.  Disposal of nonsubstantial body fragments and body fluids.
Body fragments or body fluids retained for evidence, further study or documentation, or those that have been recovered after the body has been released from the custody of the medical examiner, may be disposed of according to the practices of the laboratory responsible for analysis, by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner or by the medical examiner or pathologist retaining those fragments or fluids, unless claimed in writing by the person responsible for burial.
[PL 2017, c. 475, Pt. A, §37 (AMD).]
2.  Disposal of substantial body fragments.
The Chief Medical Examiner may dispose of substantial fragments of bodies that have been retained for evidence, further study or documentation or that have been recovered after the rest of the body has been finally released, in accordance with section 3028-A, unless claimed by the person responsible for burial.
[PL 1985, c. 611, §8 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 611, §8 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 475, Pt. A, §37 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3028-D. Disposal of identified human remains without connection to State and unidentified human remains

§3028-D. Disposal of identified human remains without connection to State and unidentified human remains
1.  Assumption of responsibility.
The Chief Medical Examiner may assume responsibility for proper disposition of the identified human remains of a deceased nonresident of this State or unidentified human remains that are the subject of a medical examiner case if the Chief Medical Examiner has made reasonable inquiry and is unable to locate:
A. Next of kin or a person or governmental unit legally responsible for the human remains; or   [PL 2001, c. 292, §1 (NEW).]
B. A person or governmental unit otherwise willing to assume responsibility for the human remains.   [PL 2001, c. 292, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2001, c. 292, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Necessary expenses.
The expenses incurred by the Chief Medical Examiner must be paid as follows.
A. The department shall pay any necessary expenses incurred by the Chief Medical Examiner as to:
(1) Unidentified human remains that, after reasonable inquiry, the Chief Medical Examiner has determined not to be the human remains of an illegal alien; and
(2) A deceased nonresident other than an illegal alien.   [PL 2001, c. 292, §1 (NEW).]
B. The Department of the Attorney General shall pay any necessary expenses incurred by the Chief Medical Examiner as to:
(1) A deceased nonresident who is an illegal alien; and
(2) Unidentified human remains that, after reasonable inquiry, the Chief Medical Examiner has determined to be the human remains of an illegal alien.   [PL 2001, c. 292, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2001, c. 292, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 292, §1 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3029. Body buried without inquiry

§3029. Body buried without inquiry
1.  Notification of district attorney or Attorney General.
If in any medical examiner case:
A. The body is buried:
(1) Without inquiry or examination by the medical examiner;
(2) Before the inquiry or examination has been completed to the satisfaction of the medical examiner; or
(3) Without an autopsy if such was advisable pursuant to section 3028; and   [PL 1979, c. 538, §9 (NEW).]
B. The body is required for that inquiry, examination, completion or autopsy, the medical examiner shall notify the district attorney, for the district in which the body was found, or the Attorney General.   [PL 1979, c. 538, §9 (NEW).]
[PL 1979, c. 538, §9 (NEW).]
2.  Petition for order of exhumation.
The district attorney or Attorney General may, under the circumstances enumerated in subsection 1 and if the district attorney or Attorney General finds it to be in the public interest, petition a justice of the Superior Court for an order of exhumation.
[PL 2001, c. 222, §10 (AMD).]
3.  Report of findings.
The medical examiner, Chief Medical Examiner or pathologist who completes the inquiry, examination or autopsy shall report the findings to the justice and to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner.
[PL 2001, c. 222, §10 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 534, §2 (NEW). PL 1973, c. 567, §20 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 538, §9 (RPR). PL 2001, c. 222, §10 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3030. Victims of crime (REPEALED)

§3030. Victims of crime
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 534, §2 (NEW). PL 1973, c. 567, §20 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 59, §3 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3031. Facilities and services available to medical examiners

§3031. Facilities and services available to medical examiners
The facilities of all laboratories, under the control of any state agency or department and the services of the professional staffs thereof, shall be made available to the Chief Medical Examiner with the cooperation of the head of the agency involved.   [PL 1967, c. 534, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 534, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3032. Rules

§3032. Rules
The Chief Medical Examiner is authorized and empowered to carry into effect this chapter and, in pursuance thereof, to make and enforce such reasonable rules consistent with this chapter as the Chief Medical Examiner determines necessary. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II‑A.   [PL 2001, c. 222, §11 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 534, §2 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 611, §9 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 222, §11 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS › Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT › 22 §3033. Limitation on liability of certain persons appointed or retained

§3033. Limitation on liability of certain persons appointed or retained
1.  Additional immunities.
In addition to all existing tort immunities enumerated in the Maine Tort Claims Act:
A. A medical examiner may not be held liable for damages for any injury or damage that results from the exercise and discharge of any of the medical examiner's official duties, unless it can be shown that the injury or damage resulted from gross negligence on the part of the medical examiner;   [PL 2001, c. 222, §12 (NEW).]
B. A pathologist performing an autopsy at the request of a medical examiner or the Chief Medical Examiner may not be held liable for damages for any injury or damage that results from the performance of the autopsy unless it can be shown that the injury or damage resulted from the gross negligence of the pathologist;   [PL 2013, c. 113, §11 (AMD).]
C. A professional consultant, who at the request of a medical examiner or the Chief Medical Examiner conducts an examination and renders a report, may not be held liable for damages for any injury or damage that results from the performance of the examination unless it can be shown that the injury or damage resulted from the gross negligence of the consultant; and   [PL 2013, c. 113, §11 (AMD).]
D. A medicolegal death investigator may not be held liable for damages for any injury or damage that results from the exercise and discharge of any of the medicolegal death investigator's official duties unless it can be shown that the injury or damage resulted from gross negligence on the part of the medicolegal death investigator.   [PL 2013, c. 113, §12 (NEW).]
[PL 2013, c. 113, §§11, 12 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 59, §4 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 538, §10 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 222, §12 (RPR). PL 2013, c. 113, §§11, 12 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3051. Short title (REPEALED)

§3051. Short title
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §A2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3052. Rehabilitation services unit created (REPEALED)

§3052. Rehabilitation services unit created
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 293, §4 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 708, §A3 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3053. Authority (REPEALED)

§3053. Authority
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 293, §4 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 708, §A3 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3054. Definitions (REPEALED)

§3054. Definitions
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). P&SL 1975, c. 90, §§SEC.E,1,2 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 293, §4 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 708, §A3 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3055. Powers and duties of department (REPEALED)

§3055. Powers and duties of department
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 768, §§2,3 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 708, §A4 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3056. Acceptance of federal provisions (REPEALED)

§3056. Acceptance of federal provisions
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 78 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 470, §A96 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 708, §A5 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3057. Receipt and disbursement of funds (REPEALED)

§3057. Receipt and disbursement of funds
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §A6 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3058. Gifts (REPEALED)

§3058. Gifts
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 771, §221 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 708, §A7 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3059. Determination of disability; federal-state agreement

§3059. Determination of disability; federal-state agreement
The department is designated as the state agency to make determination of disability required under the Federal Social Security Act and acts amendatory thereof and additional thereto, and the commissioner, subject to the approval of the Governor, is authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement on behalf of the State with the designated federal official to carry out the Federal Social Security Act and acts amendatory thereof and additional thereto relating to the making of determinations of disability.   [PL 1975, c. 771, §222 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 771, §222 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3060. Maintenance not assignable (REPEALED)

§3060. Maintenance not assignable
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §A8 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3061. Hearings and judicial review (REPEALED)

§3061. Hearings and judicial review
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 694, §367 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 708, §A9 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3062. Misuse of lists and records (REPEALED)

§3062. Misuse of lists and records
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §A10 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3063. Employees not to engage in political activities (REPEALED)

§3063. Employees not to engage in political activities
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §A10 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3064. Continuing study of rehabilitation needs (REPEALED)

§3064. Continuing study of rehabilitation needs
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §A10 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3065. Vocational Rehabilitation Services unit (REPEALED)

§3065. Vocational Rehabilitation Services unit
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §A10 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3066. Provision of vocational rehabilitation services (REPEALED)

§3066. Provision of vocational rehabilitation services
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §A10 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 713: REHABILITATION ACT › 22 §3067. Regulations (REPEALED)

§3067. Regulations
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 457, §1 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 553, §1 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 708, §A11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 714: DIVISION OF DEAFNESS › 22 §3071. Division of Deafness (REPEALED)

§3071. Division of Deafness
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 160, §2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §B2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 714: DIVISION OF DEAFNESS › 22 §3072. Definitions (REPEALED)

§3072. Definitions
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 160, §2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §B2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 714: DIVISION OF DEAFNESS › 22 §3073. Powers and duties (REPEALED)

§3073. Powers and duties
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 160, §2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §B2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 714: DIVISION OF DEAFNESS › 22 §3074. Advisory committee (REPEALED)

§3074. Advisory committee
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 160, §2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §B2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 714: DIVISION OF DEAFNESS › 22 §3075. Advisory committee; powers and duties (REPEALED)

§3075. Advisory committee; powers and duties
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 160, §2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §B2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 714: DIVISION OF DEAFNESS › 22 §3076. Director of the Division of Deafness (REPEALED)

§3076. Director of the Division of Deafness
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 160, §2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §B2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 715: INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED › 22 §3081. Intent (REPEALED)

§3081. Intent
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 549, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §C2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 715: INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED › 22 §3082. Definitions (REPEALED)

§3082. Definitions
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 549, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §C2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 715: INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED › 22 §3083. Grants (REPEALED)

§3083. Grants
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 549, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 708, §C2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 715-A: ASSISTANCE FOR SURVIVORS OF ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY › 22 §3086. Definitions

§3086. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.   [PL 1987, c. 494 (NEW).]
1.  Acquired brain injury.
"Acquired brain injury" means an insult to the brain resulting directly or indirectly from trauma, anoxia, vascular lesions or infection, which:
A. Is not of a degenerative or congenital nature;   [PL 1989, c. 501, Pt. P, §26 (NEW).]
B. Can produce a diminished or altered state of consciousness resulting in impairment of cognitive abilities or physical functioning;   [PL 1989, c. 501, Pt. P, §26 (NEW).]
C. Can result in the disturbance of behavioral or emotional functioning;   [PL 1989, c. 501, Pt. P, §26 (NEW).]
D. Can be either temporary or permanent; and   [PL 1989, c. 501, Pt. P, §26 (NEW).]
E. Can cause partial or total functional disability or psychosocial maladjustment.   [PL 1989, c. 501, Pt. P, §26 (NEW).]
[PL 2011, c. 293, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 494 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 501, §P26 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 293, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 715-A: ASSISTANCE FOR SURVIVORS OF ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY › 22 §3087. Registry; duty to report (REPEALED)

§3087. Registry; duty to report
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 494 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 155 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 293, §2 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 715-A: ASSISTANCE FOR SURVIVORS OF ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY › 22 §3088. Comprehensive neurorehabilitation service system

§3088. Comprehensive neurorehabilitation service system
The department shall, within the limits of its available resources, develop a comprehensive neurorehabilitation service system designed to assist, educate and rehabilitate the person with an acquired brain injury to attain and sustain the highest function and self-sufficiency possible using home-based and community-based treatments, services and resources to the greatest possible degree. The comprehensive neurorehabilitation service system must include, but is not limited to, care management and coordination, crisis stabilization services, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, neuropsychology, neurocognitive retraining, positive neurobehavioral supports and teaching, social skills retraining, counseling, vocational rehabilitation and independent living skills and supports. The comprehensive neurorehabilitation service system may include a posthospital system of nursing, community residential facilities and community residential support programs designed to meet the needs of persons who have sustained an acquired brain injury and assist in the reintegration of those persons into their communities.   [PL 2011, c. 293, §3 (RPR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 494 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 293, §3 (RPR).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 715-A: ASSISTANCE FOR SURVIVORS OF ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY › 22 §3088-A. Support for underserved populations

§3088-A. Support for underserved populations
Within the limits of its available resources, the department may enter into contracts with organizations representing individuals with a brain injury and their families, bringing together state and national expertise to provide core brain injury support for underserved populations of individuals with an acquired brain injury, including, but not limited to, individuals who experienced an opioid drug overdose resulting in anoxic or hypoxic brain injury, who are veterans, who are victims of domestic violence, who are experiencing homelessness, who are ineligible for MaineCare and who have a newly acquired brain injury. For the purposes of this section, "core brain injury support" includes, but is not limited to, resource facilitation, brain injury support groups, outreach designed for individuals who have a newly acquired brain injury, access to a joint state and national helpline, information and resource education and family caregiver training. The department may adopt rules to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.   [PL 2019, c. 488, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 488, §1 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 715-A: ASSISTANCE FOR SURVIVORS OF ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY › 22 §3089. Acquired brain injury assessments and interventions; protection of rights

§3089. Acquired brain injury assessments and interventions; protection of rights
The department is designated as the official state agency responsible for acquired brain injury services and programs.   [PL 2005, c. 229, §1 (NEW).]
1.  Assessments and interventions.
In addition to developing the comprehensive neurorehabilitation service system under section 3088, the department may undertake, within the limits of available resources, appropriate identification and medical and rehabilitative interventions for persons who sustain acquired brain injuries, including, but not limited to, establishing services:
A. To assess the needs of persons who sustain acquired brain injuries and to facilitate effective and efficient medical care, neurorehabilitation planning and reintegration; and   [PL 2011, c. 293, §4 (NEW).]
B. To improve the knowledge and skills of the medical community, including, but not limited to, emergency room physicians, psychiatrists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists and other professionals who diagnose, evaluate and treat acquired brain injuries.   [PL 2011, c. 293, §4 (NEW).]
[PL 2011, c. 293, §4 (NEW).]
2.  Rights of patients and responsibility of department to protect those rights.
To the extent possible within the limits of available resources and except to the extent that a patient with an acquired brain injury's rights have been suspended as the result of court-ordered guardianship, the department shall:
A. Protect the health and safety of that patient;   [PL 2011, c. 293, §4 (NEW).]
B. Ensure that the patient has access to treatment, individualized planning and services and positive behavioral interventions and protections; and   [PL 2011, c. 293, §4 (NEW).]
C. Protect the patient's rights to appeal decisions regarding the person's treatment, access to advocacy services and service quality control standards, monitoring and reporting.   [PL 2011, c. 293, §4 (NEW).]
[PL 2011, c. 293, §4 (NEW).]
2-A.  Licensing.
As provided in Title 34‑B, section 1203‑B, the department shall license agencies, as defined in that section, that serve or provide support for an adult with an acquired brain injury.
[PL 2023, c. 89, §1 (NEW).]
3.  Rules.
The department shall establish rules under this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.
[PL 2011, c. 293, §4 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2005, c. 229, §1 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 293, §4 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 89, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 717: ASSISTANCE TO THE SEVERELY PHYSICALLY DISABLED TO ENABLE THEM TO WORK › 22 §3091. Definitions (REPEALED)

§3091. Definitions
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 550, §2 (NEW). MRSA T. 22 §2501, sub22, ¶A (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 717: ASSISTANCE TO THE SEVERELY PHYSICALLY DISABLED TO ENABLE THEM TO WORK › 22 §3092. Subsidy (REPEALED)

§3092. Subsidy
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 550, §2 (NEW). MRSA T. 22 §2501, sub22, ¶A (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 717: ASSISTANCE TO THE SEVERELY PHYSICALLY DISABLED TO ENABLE THEM TO WORK › 22 §3093. Eligibility (REPEALED)

§3093. Eligibility
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 550, §2 (NEW). MRSA T. 22 §2501, sub22, ¶A (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 717: ASSISTANCE TO THE SEVERELY PHYSICALLY DISABLED TO ENABLE THEM TO WORK › 22 §3094. Amount of subsidy (REPEALED)

§3094. Amount of subsidy
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 550, §2 (NEW). MRSA T. 22 §2501, sub22, ¶A (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE › Subtitle 2: HEALTH › Part 7: PUBLIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › Chapter 717: ASSISTANCE TO THE SEVERELY PHYSICALLY DISABLED TO ENABLE THEM TO WORK › 22 §3095. Evaluation team report (REPEALED)

§3095. Evaluation team report
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1979, c. 550, §2 (NEW). MRSA T. 22 §2501, sub22, ¶A (RP).