Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 3071 – Removal for disease
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1. Dangerous diseases.
[PL 1983, c. 581, §§30, 59 (RP).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 3071
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Corrections or his designee, except that, when the term "commissioner and only the commissioner" is used, the term applies only to the person appointed Commissioner of Corrections and not to any designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
- Detention facility: means the Long Creek Youth Development Center. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
2. Contagious diseases. If a client in any correctional or detention facility requires medical care outside the facility, the commissioner may:
A. Cause the client to be removed to some suitable place of security where the client will receive all necessary care and medical attention; and [PL 1999, c. 583, §15 (AMD).]
B. Cause the client to be returned as soon as possible to the facility to be confined according to the sentence, if unexpired. [PL 1999, c. 583, §15 (AMD).]
[PL 1999, c. 583, §15 (AMD).]
3. Tuberculosis.
[PL 1991, c. 314, §60 (RP).]
4. Civil action to recover certain costs. The State may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the cost of any medical, dental, psychiatric or psychological expenses incurred by the State on behalf of a client under this section. The following assets are not subject to judgment under this subsection:
A. Joint ownership, if any, that the client may have in real property; [PL 1991, c. 314, §61 (AMD).]
B. Joint ownership, if any, that the client may have in any assets, earnings or other sources of income; and [PL 1991, c. 314, §61 (AMD).]
C. The income, assets, earnings or other property, both real and personal, owned by the client’s spouse or family. [PL 1991, c. 314, §61 (AMD).]
[PL 1991, c. 314, §61 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 581, §§30,59 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 752, §4 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 314, §§59-61 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 583, §15 (AMD).