2011 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES
Chapter 521: OFFICE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
5 §20024. Licensing

Part 25: SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

Subchapter 2: PREVENTION

§20024. Licensing

The office shall periodically enter, inspect and examine a treatment facility or 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 subchapter V. The office shall fix and collect the fees for the inspection and certification and shall maintain a list of approved public and private treatment facilities. [1991, c. 850, §5 (AMD).]

Upon request by the office, each approved public and private treatment facility must provide data, statistics, schedules and information that the office reasonably requires. The director may remove a facility that fails to provide such information from the list of approved facilities. [1989, c. 934, Pt. A, §3 (NEW).]

An approved public or private treatment facility may not refuse inspection or examination by the office under this section. [1989, c. 934, Pt. A, §3 (NEW).]

Procedures to decertify any facility or to refuse certification are governed by the Maine Administrative Procedure Act. [1991, c. 601, §19 (NEW).]

A treatment facility or program that receives and maintains accreditation from a national accrediting body approved by the department must be deemed in compliance with comparable state licensing rules upon its submission to the department of written evidence of compliance including, but not limited to, national accreditation approval, reports, findings and responses. The department may review compliance under this paragraph in response to a complaint against the facility or program. [2011, c. 145, §1 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

1989, c. 934, §A3 (NEW). 1991, c. 601, §§18,19 (AMD). 1991, c. 850, §5 (AMD). 2011, c. 145, §1 (AMD).