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LR 2742
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §20054 is enacted to read:

 
§20054.__Oversight and licensing of treatment facilities and

 
programs

 
1.__Examination.__The office shall periodically enter, inspect
and examine an approved treatment facility or treatment program
and examine its books, programs, standards, policies and
accounts.__This examination process must include a review of the
requirements to be a community-based service provider pursuant to
section 20071.__The office shall fix and collect the fees for the
inspection and approval and shall maintain a list of approved
treatment facilities.

 
Upon request by the office, each approved treatment facility
shall provide data, statistics, schedules and information that
the office reasonably requires.__The director may remove a
treatment facility that fails to provide such information from
the list of approved treatment facilities.

 
An approved treatment facility may not refuse inspection or
examination by the office under this section.

 
Procedures to revoke the approval of any approved treatment
facility or to refuse approval of any treatment facility are
governed by the Maine Administrative Procedure Act.

 
2.__Licensing certain clinics.__In licensing substance abuse
clinics that administer or distribute pharmaceuticals on site,
the office shall apply additional requirements to the operation
of such clinics and to the licensing procedure for such clinics.__
The office shall adopt routine technical rules as defined in
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to ensure these requirements are met.__
These additional requirements must include the following:

 
A.__The office when issuing a license shall consider the
need for such a clinic in the area where the license is
sought.__The license may only be issued when the 4-year
assessment required under section 20009 indicates that there
is a clear, substantiated need for a treatment clinic in the
area to be served by the clinic; and

 
B.__When a person, agency or corporation, whether for profit or
not for profit, makes application to the office for a license,
the office shall, within 5 working days, notify the municipal
clerk in the municipality in which the clinic is proposed to be
operated.__The office shall work with the municipality to
establish a local advisory committee that


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