Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §682, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c. 324, §3, is further amended to read:

2. Employee. "Employee" means a person who is permitted, required or directed by any employer to engage in any employment for consideration of direct gain or profit. A person separated from employment while receiving a mandated benefit, including but not limited to workers' compensation, unemployment compensation and family medical leave, is an employee for the period the person receives the benefit and for a minimum of 30 days beyond the termination of the benefit. A person separated from employment while receiving a nonmandated benefit is an employee for a minimum of 30 days beyond the separation.

A. A full-time employee is an employee who customarily works 30 hours or more each week.

Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §682, sub-§5-A is enacted to read:

5-A.__Post-accident.__"Post-accident" means within 8 hours following an occurrence involving one or more employees on duty or in the workplace in which there is loss of human life or serious bodily injury or property damage apparently involving cost or loss greater than $10,000.

Sec. 3. 26 MRSA §682, sub-§6, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 536, §§1 and 2 and affected by c. 604, §§2 and 3, is amended to read:

C. A The mere fact of a single work-related accident, unless circumstances related to the accident provide a reasonable basis for suspicion of impairment or of the influence of a substance of abuse. This exclusion does not restrict post-accident testing otherwise permitted by this subchapter.

Sec. 4. 26 MRSA §682, sub-§7, ¶A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 556, §1 and PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further amended to read:

A. "Screening test" means an initial substance abuse test performed through the use of immunoassay technology, or a test technology of similar or greater accuracy and reliability approved by the Department of Health and Human Services under rules adopted under section 687, and that is used as a preliminary step in detecting the presence of substances of abuse.