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CHAPTER 411

 
H.P. 1131 - L.D. 1542

 
An Act To Effectively Separate Children's Homes from Adult

 
Residential Care Facilities Regarding Fire Safety

 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §8103, as amended by PL 2001, c. 515, §1 and c.
596, Pt. B, §19 and affected by §25, is further amended to read:

 
§8103. Fire safety; inspections for children's homes

 
1. Procedures. All procedures and other provisions included
in section 7904-A, subsections 1 and 2, for boarding care
facilities also apply to children's homes, except that the
written statement referred to in section 7904-A, subsection 1
need not be furnished annually by the Commissioner of Public
Safety to the department for a facility licensed as a family
foster home or a specialized children's home. In these instances
an inspection must be performed every 2 years.

 
1. Procedures. All procedures and other provisions included
in section 7855, subsections 1 and 2 for residential care
facilities also apply to children's homes, except that the
written statement referred to in section 7855, subsection 1 need
not be furnished annually by the Commissioner of Public Safety to
the department when a children's home serves only one or 2
children.

 
1-A.__Inspection required.__Except as provided in subsection
2, the department may not issue a license to operate to a
children's home until the department has received from the
Commissioner of Public Safety a written statement signed by one
of the officials designated under Title 25, section 2360, 2391 or
2392 to make fire safety inspections.__This statement must
indicate that the children's home has complied with applicable
fire safety provisions referred to in Title 25, section 2452.


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