JurisdictionMaineTitle 25INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Part 11CRITICAL INCIDENTS
Ch. 501CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT TEAMS
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1.Critical incident.
"Critical incident" means a work-related incident that causes or has the potential to cause an employee or member of a public safety agency or an organization involved in emergency care or response, a corrections officer as defined in section 2801‑A, subsection 2 or an employee of a county jail or a detention or correctional facility operated by the Department of Corrections to experience emotional or physical stress. "Critical incident" includes, but is not limited to, use-of-force encounters that may result in the death of or serious injury to another person or an officer, member or employee, fatal motor vehicle accidents, child abuse investigations, eme
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1.
Critical incident.
"Critical incident" means a work-related incident that causes or has the potential to cause an employee or member of a public safety agency or an organization involved in emergency care or response, a corrections officer as defined in section 2801‑A, subsection 2 or an employee of a county jail or a detention or correctional facility operated by the Department of Corrections to experience emotional or physical stress. "Critical incident" includes, but is not limited to, use-of-force encounters that may result in the death of or serious injury to another person or an officer, member or employee, fatal motor vehicle accidents, child abuse investigations, emergency care or response operations and death investigations.
1-A.
Critical incident stress management peer support.
"Critical incident stress management peer support" means services provided to an employee or member of a public safety agency or an organization involved in emergency care or response, a corrections officer as defined in section 2801‑A, subsection 2 or an employee of a county jail or a detention or correctional facility operated by the Department of Corrections when that person has been involved in a critical incident that can reasonably have a devastating, long‑lasting effect on that person. "Critical incident stress management peer support" includes assisting the employee, member or officer to appropriately process the trauma and stress and connecting that person to appropriate resources.
1-B.
Critical incident stress management peer support person.
"Critical incident stress management peer support person" means a person who provides critical incident stress management peer support and is trained in accordance with national best practices and standards established by rule by the Commissioner of Public Safety. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.
2.
Critical incident stress management team.
"Critical incident stress management team" means:
3.
Criminal justice agency.
4.
Public safety agency.
"Public safety agency" has the same meaning as in section 2921, subsection 6‑B.