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| | | An Act To Implement the Maine Assistance Program for Lawyers |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §164-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §164-A.__Maine Assistance Program for Lawyers; immunity |
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| | | 1.__Definition.__As used in this section, unless the context | | otherwise indicates, the following term has the following | | meaning. |
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| | | A.__"Program" means the Maine Assistance Program for Lawyers | | established by court order pursuant to Title 4, section 421 | | to provide help to lawyers and judges who suffer from the | | effects of chemical dependency or mental conditions that | | result from disease, disorder, trauma or other infirmity and | | that impair a lawyer's or judge's ability to practice law or | | serve in a judicial capacity. |
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| | | 2.__Receive or report information; take or not take action.__A | | person or an organization receiving information, reporting | | information, taking action or taking no action on behalf of or in | | connection with the activities of the program is immune from all | | civil liability.__The immunity provided by this subsection must | | be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes of the program.__ | | The immunity provided by this subsection is in addition to any | | other immunity provided by law. |
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