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LR 2833
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Sec. Z-5. 22 MRSA §4011-B is enacted to read:

 
§4011-B.__Reporting of prenatal exposure to drugs

 
1.__Reporting of infants with prenatal exposure to drugs.__A
health care provider involved in the delivery or care of an
infant who the provider knows or has reasonable cause to suspect
has been born affected by illegal substance abuse or is suffering
from withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure,
whether or not the prenatal exposure was to legal or illegal
drugs, shall notify the department of that condition in the
infant.__The report required by this subsection must be made in
the same manner as reports of abuse or neglect required by this
subchapter.

 
A.__This section, and any notification made pursuant to this
section, may not be construed to establish a definition of
"abuse" or "neglect."

 
B.__This section, and any notification made pursuant to this
section, may not be construed to require prosecution for any
illegal action, including, but not limited to, the act of
exposing a fetus to drugs or other substances.

 
2.__Definition.__For purposes of this section, "health care
provider" means a person described in section 4011-A, subsection
1, paragraph A, subparagraphs (1) to (10), (15), (17) to (20) or
(22) or any person who assists in the delivery or birth of a
child for compensation, including, but not limited to, a midwife.

 
PART AA

 
Sec. AA-1. 22 MRSA §1601, sub-§§2 and 3, as repealed and replaced by PL
1977, c. 347, §2, are amended to read:

 
2. Mass outdoor gatherings. For the purposes of this chapter,
a mass outdoor gathering shall be deemed to mean means any public
gathering held outdoors with the intent to attract the continued
attendance of 2,000 500 or more persons for 12 8 or more hours
when an admission fee is charged or when there is an associated
fee for a related activity such as camping or when food and
beverages are sold by licensed eating establishments.__For
purposes of determining whether an event is a mass outdoor
gathering, persons staying, camping or otherwise temporarily
residing on property contiguous to the property on which the mass
outdoor gathering is taking place must be considered to be
attending the mass outdoor gathering.

 
3. Permit required. No A person, corporation, partnership,
association or group of any kind shall may not sponsor, promote


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