§ 22 §2519-B — Investigation; record keeping

Maine § 22 §2519-B

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
• Part 5: FOODS AND DRUGS
• Ch. 562-A: PREPARATION OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

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Investigation.
The commissioner may:
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Access to evidence.
For the purpose of this chapter, the commissioner at all reasonable times has access to and the right to copy documentary evidence of a person being investigated or proceeded against. The commissioner may subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all documentary evidence of a person relating to a matter under investigation or subject to administrative hearing. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may sign subpoenas, administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses and receive evidence.
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Refusal to testify.
A person who neglects or refuses to attend and testify, to answer a lawful inquiry or to produce documentary evidence, if in that person's power to do so, in obedience to the subpoena or lawful requirement of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee commits a Class E crime.

Legislative History

PL 1999, c. 777, §1 (NEW).