Maine § 34-B §1901 Animal cruelty, abuse or neglect; reporting

Maine Statutes

§ 34-B §1901 — Animal cruelty, abuse or neglect; reporting

Maine § 34-B §1901

Title 34-BBEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES

Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 34-B, § 34-B §1901 (2026).

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1.Definitions. As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

2.Report. An employee of a state-funded child or adult protective services agency or other social service agency, including those providing mental health services that are funded or licensed by the department, while acting in the employee’s professional capacity or within the scope of the employee’s employment, who has knowledge of or observes an animal that the employee knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of cruelty, abuse or neglect may report the known or reasonably suspected animal cruelty, abuse or neglect to the local animal control officer or to the animal welfare program of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry establi

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1.
Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
2.
Report.
An employee of a state-funded child or adult protective services agency or other social service agency, including those providing mental health services that are funded or licensed by the department, while acting in the employee’s professional capacity or within the scope of the employee’s employment, who has knowledge of or observes an animal that the employee knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of cruelty, abuse or neglect may report the known or reasonably suspected animal cruelty, abuse or neglect to the local animal control officer or to the animal welfare program of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry established pursuant to Title 7, section 3902.
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Duty.
Nothing in this section may be construed to impose a duty to investigate known or reasonably suspected animal cruelty, abuse or neglect.
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Immunity from liability.
A person participating in good faith in reporting under this subchapter is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise result from these actions, including, but not limited to, any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise arise under state or local laws or rules regarding confidentiality of information.