As amended through November 25, 2024
Rule 3 - Director of the ProgramA. Appointment/Hire: The commission shall recruit, hire, retain, supervise and may terminate the MAP director. B. Qualifications: The director shall have sufficient experience and training to identify and assist impaired members of the legal profession and to work well with the volunteers. A lawyer is preferred. C. Duties and Responsibilities: The director's duties and responsibilities shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) Maintain a telephonic help call line and provide initial response to help line calls; (2) Help lawyers, judges, law firms, courts and others to identify and intervene with impaired members of the legal profession; (3) Help members of the legal profession and their families to secure counseling and treatment for chemical dependency and mental conditions maintaining current information on available treatment services, both those that are available without charge as well as paid services; (4) Establish and maintain regular contact with bar associations, bar counsel and other agencies or committees that serve either as sources of referral or resources in providing help; (5) Establish and oversee monitoring services with respect to recovery of members of the legal profession for whom monitoring is appropriate under Rules 5(E) or 7; (6) Plan and deliver educational programs for the legal profession with respect to all sources of potential impairment as well as treatment and preventative measures; (7) Provide information about MAP services to members of the legal profession and their families; (8) Recruit, select, train and coordinate the activities of volunteer lawyers and judges who will provide assistance and provide for their identities and addresses to be generally known to the courts, bar and other appropriate referral entities; (9) Establish private and public sources of funding for MAP; and (10) Such other duties and responsibilities established by the commission. Me. R. Law. and. Judg. Ass't Prog. 3