CHAPTER 82
S.P. 388 - L.D. 1126
Sec. 1. Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and Director of Bureau of Health within Department of Health and Human Services to report on use of antibiotics. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, referred to in this resolve as "the commissioner," and the Director of the Bureau of Health within the Department of Health and Human Services, referred to in this resolve as "the director," shall examine ways to reduce the use of antibiotics in the animal industry with the goal of maintaining the therapeutic efficacy of antibiotics. The commissioner and the director shall convene a study group to review the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture, with particular attention to those antibiotics also used in human medicine. The study group may also make recommendations for future actions that encourage prudent use of antibiotics in human and animal care. The commissioner and the director shall invite participation as follows:
1. Representatives from a council of diverse statewide agricultural organizations;
2. A representative of an association of licensed veterinarians;
3. A medical specialist in infectious diseases;
4. A pediatrician;
5. A medical pharmacologist with expertise in antibiotics use;
6. An animal husbandry specialist from the University of Maine or the University of Maine Cooperative Extension;
7. A representative of a group of citizens or scientists concerned with the continued efficacy of antibiotics; and
8. The Director of the Division of Purchases within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services or the director's designee.
The commissioner and the director shall consult with the study group in preparing a report and developing recommendations; and be it further
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, no later than January 15, 2006, the commissioner and director shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services. In their report, the commissioner and director shall summarize the discussions of the study group and present any recommendations for policy statements or actions by the State to address the issue of the efficacy of antibiotics in human medicine as it may be affected by the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture; and be it further
Sec. 3. Authority to report out legislation. Resolved: That the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry may report out legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature pertaining to the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture. The Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services may report out legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature pertaining to the use of antibiotics in human medicine.
Effective September 17, 2005.
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