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7. State licensed agency. "State licensed agency" means an
institution or facility licensed by the State to provide
education, emotional or mental health services, alcohol or drug
rehabilitation, boarding care or other child care services to a
person between the ages of 5 and 20 years. It includes:

 
A. Facilities under Title 22, chapter 1661; and

 
B. Community mental health centers services under Title 34
34-B, chapter 183; 3, subchapter 3.

 
C. Alcohol treatment facilities approved under Title 22,
chapter 1601; and

 
D. Residential drug abuse treatment facilities under Title
22, chapter 1601.

 
8. Residential child care facility. "Residential child care
facility" is a facility defined in Title 22, section 8101,
subsection 4.

 
9. Special education program. A "special education program"
is a full-time or part-time educational program designed to
provide an equal educational opportunity to exceptional students
children with disabilities through the delivery of special
education services by qualified individuals.

 
10. Special education services. "Special education services"
are educational services provided by qualified individuals as
defined by the commissioner. Special education services shall
must be provided by qualified individuals employed or contracted
by the school administrative unit.

 
Sec. 12. 20-A MRSA §7002, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 13. 20-A MRSA §7003, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 14. 20-A MRSA §7004, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 308, §1, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 15. 20-A MRSA §7005, as reallocated by RR 1997, c. 1, §20, is
amended to read:

 
§7005. Special education

 
1. Rulemaking. The commissioner is authorized to adopt rules
necessary for the administration of this chapter and chapters 303
and 305. The department shall identify in its


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