CHAPTER 28

S.P. 530 - L.D. 1528

An Act To Create a Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at

the University of Maine

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

Sec. 1. P&SL 1865, c. 532, §9-B is enacted to read:

Sec. 9-B.__Graduate school of biomedical sciences.__The Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System is authorized to establish a graduate school of biomedical sciences, referred to in this section as "the school," to educate and train students in basic and clinical fields of biomedicine and the biosciences.__If the board establishes a graduate school of biomedical sciences, it must be in accordance with the following:

A.__The school must be established in partnership with the Jackson Laboratory, the Maine Medical Center Research Institute and the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, referred to in this section as "partner institutions."

B.__The mission of the school is to administer a graduate education and fellowship program that is open on a competitive basis to its partner institutions, other Maine biomedical research institutions, Maine private education institutions and the University of Maine System.