Maine Law: Rules and Guidance Documents
Rules
Rules are numbered in a way that is similar to the way titles and sections of statutes are numbered. These rules legally govern the operation of all Maine departments and agencies. State filing of all rules falls to the Secretary of State. Please note the link in the right panel that will connect you to the Code of Maine Rules (CMR) on the Secretary of State website.
Quoting the Secretary of State website: “Rule chapters are arranged by unique numbers which identify the department, departmental unit, and chapter.
For example, 01-015 CMR Chapter 1 represents Chapter 1 of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, Maine Milk Commission.”
Guidance Documents
There are numerous documents that will help you perform the LHO job. A good number of these are located at the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention LHO web page.
Other guidance will be in the form of Maine CDC Health Alerts that will be emailed or faxed to all LHOs. The alerts are informational and are sent to keep LHOs updated on priority public health issues in Maine.
An excellent public health reference that many LHOs have found useful is: Control Of Communicable Diseases Manual, 19th Edition, American Public Health Association.
You can order it from the APHA over the Internet at: http://www.apha.org/publications/bookstore/. The price is $25 ($35 for non-members).
Call the Ofice of Local Public Health at 287-6372 if you have trouble finding an immediate answer.
