This rule and its enabling statutes govern Emergency Children's Shelters, Shelter for Homeless Children, and Transitional Living Programs that are Children's Homes for youth in the State of Maine. To avoid redundancy and to streamline the rule, the statutory requirements may not be repeated in this rule. Facilities must understand and comply with the statutes governing the oversight of Children's Shelters and Transitional Living Programs.
Requirements specific to each Facility type are in Section 7.
10- 148 C.M.R. ch. 37, § 1