Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8304-A – Fire safety
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1. Inspection required. As an ongoing condition of licensure, the Commissioner of Public Safety must provide at least biennially to the department a written statement that the child care facility or family child care provider complies with applicable fire safety rules adopted pursuant to Title 25, section 2452. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall adopt rules in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act to implement this subsection. The rules must provide for at least the following.
A. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall issue a fire safety technician certificate to any person who successfully completes a training course established by the Department of Public Safety. A person who receives a fire safety technician certificate pursuant to this paragraph may perform fire safety inspections under this section. [PL 1997, c. 728, §13 (AMD).]
B. In addition to ongoing license requirements, inspection is required under this section whenever a child care facility or family child care provider changes or augments a heating system or makes major structural alterations to the facility or home. [PL 2021, c. 35, §27 (AMD).]
[PL 2021, c. 35, §27 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8304-A
- Child care facility: means a child care center, small child care facility or nursery school. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8301-A
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A
- facility: means any of the places defined in section 8001, 8101, 8201 or 8301?A, subsection 1?A, paragraph B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7701
- Family child care provider: means a person who provides day care in that person's home on a regular basis, for consideration, for 3 to 12 children under 13 years of age who are not the children of the provider or who are not residing in the provider's home. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8301-A
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
2. Fees. The department shall establish and pay reasonable fees to the Department of Public Safety for services rendered under this section. Fees collected by the Department of Public Safety under this section must be deposited into a special revenue account to carry out the purposes of this section. A balance remaining in the account at the end of the fiscal year may not lapse but must be carried forward into subsequent fiscal years.
[PL 1997, c. 728, §13 (AMD).]
3. Inspectors. The Commissioner of Public Safety may appoint subject to the Civil Service Law employees needed to carry out the purposes of this section. A person appointed pursuant to this subsection is under the administrative and supervisory direction of the Commissioner of Public Safety.
[PL 1997, c. 728, §13 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 158, §5 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 494, §13 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 494, §15 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 728, §13 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 645, §8 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 530, §11 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 35, §27 (AMD).