PUBLIC Law, Chapter 295, An Act To Clarify the State's Authority under Public Health Laws for Municipal Inspections of Establishments

An Act To Clarify the State's Authority under Public Health Laws for Municipal Inspections of Establishments

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

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2499, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 496, §3, is amended to read:

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the in order to ensure statewide uniformity in health standards, health inspector certification and the maintenance of inspection report records, a municipality must have been delegated authority by the department to conduct inspections and demonstrated adherence to requirements under this section prior to performing any municipal inspections under such authority. A municipality that has not been delegated authority is prohibited from licensing or inspecting establishments. The department may issue a license to establishments an establishment as defined in section 2491 on the basis of an inspection performed by an a health inspector who works for and is compensated by the municipality in which such an establishment is located, but only if the following conditions have been met.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2499, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 496, §3, is amended to read:

1. Adopted rules; code of standards. The municipality involved has adopted a set of rules and regulations, ordinances or other a code of standards for such the establishments which that has been approved by the department and which that is consistent with the regulations rules used by the department for the issuance of such licenses in effect at the time of inspection.

Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 125th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.

SP0273 LD 869	PUBLIC Law, Chapter 295 Signed on 2011-06-10 00:00:00.0 - First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature
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