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

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §20071, sub-§4-B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. A,
§12 and affected by §153 and Pt. C, §15, is repealed.

 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §20075, as amended by PL 1999, c. 448, §7, is
further amended to read:

 
§20075. Certification; recertification

 
All providers of the evaluation, intervention and treatment
components of the Driver Education and Evaluation Programs must
be certified by the office pursuant to section 20005, section
20024, section 20073-B and this subchapter. The certification
period for individual providers and agencies is 2 years. The
office shall adopt rules requiring continuing education for
recertification.

 
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §2411, sub-§5, ¶F, as amended by PL 1997, c. 737,
§10, is further amended to read:

 
F. For a person sentenced under paragraph B, C or D, the
court shall order the defendant to participate in the
alcohol and other drug program for multiple offenders of the
Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services, Office
of Substance Abuse. The court may waive the multiple
offender intervention program under pursuant to Title 5,
section 20073 20073-B, subsections 4 and 5, if the court
finds that the defendant has completed a residential an
alcohol or other drug treatment program, or its equivalent,
subsequent to the date of the offense; and

 
Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §2455, sub-§3, ¶¶B and C, as enacted by PL 1993, c.
683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, are amended to read:

 
B. When required, satisfactory completion of a substance
abuse treatment program or rehabilitation program approved
or licensed by the Office of Substance Abuse Department of
Behavorial and Developmental Services; and

 
C. When required, attendance for 2 years at an after-care
program arranged by the approved by the Office of Substance
Abuse treatment or rehabilitation program.

 
Sec. 5. 29-A MRSA §2457, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A,
§2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

 
5. Restoration of license. Following the expiration of the
aggregate periods of suspension imposed pursuant to this section
otherwise imposed by the Secretary of State and ordered by any


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