2019 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Subtitle 6: FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
Chapter 1674: INVESTIGATION OF OUT-OF-HOME CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
22 §8356. Entities subject to investigation

§8356. Entities subject to investigation

Reported child abuse or neglect that occurs in the following out-of-home entities is subject to investigation by the investigation team.   [PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).]

1.  Facility or person licensed by department; facility operated or funded by department.  Abuse or neglect that occurs in a facility or by a person licensed by the department or in a facility operated or funded by the department is subject to investigation by the investigation team, including, but not limited to, abuse or neglect that occurs in the following:  

A. A child care facility licensed pursuant to section 8301-A, subsection 2;   [PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).]

B. A family child care provider certified pursuant to section 8301-A, subsection 3;   [PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).]

C. A nursery school licensed pursuant to section 8402;   [PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).]

D. A children's residential care facility licensed pursuant to chapter 1669;   [PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).]

E. An emergency children's shelter licensed pursuant to chapter 1669;   [PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).]

F. A shelter for homeless children licensed pursuant to chapter 1669;   [PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).]

G. A licensed family foster home as defined in section 8101, subsection 3, including, but not limited to, the home of a resource family that provides foster care, kinship care or adoption or permanency guardianship services;   [PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).]

H. An unlicensed relative’s home approved by the department as meeting licensing standards; and   [PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).]

I. An unlicensed provider for children with cognitive impairments and functional limitations that is funded by the department pursuant to rules adopted by the department.   [PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).]

[PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).]

2.  Unlicensed person or facilities.  The investigation team may investigate a person or facility described in subsection 1 if the person or facility is not licensed or certified.  

[PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 2015, c. 283, §3 (NEW).