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An Act To Clarify Requirements for Assisted Living Programs Regarding Fire Safety Inspections
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §7856, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 596, Pt. A, §1 and affected by Pt. B, §25, is amended to read:
 
3. Requirements.   All assisted living programs must be inspected using the chapter pertaining to new apartment buildingsthe applicable building type of the National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code adopted by the Department of Public Safety, Office of the State Fire Marshal and must be protected throughout by a supervised, automatic sprinkler system approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety.
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the law governing fire safety inspection for assisted living programs to require inspections using the chapter pertaining to the applicable building type of the National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code adopted by the Department of Public Safety, Office of the State Fire Marshal.