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An Act To Authorize the Commissioner of Corrections To Designate Additional Employees of the Department of Corrections To Collect Biological Samples
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §1575, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 329, §5, is further amended to read:
 
2-A. Person to collect biological sample.   A person described in subsection 2, a corrections officer or other staff member of a county jail or Department of Corrections facility who is designated by the sheriff or jail administrator of that county jail or a corrections officer, probation officer, juvenile community corrections officer or other staff member of the Department of Corrections who is designated by the Commissioner of Corrections and is trained to collect biological samples, a probation officer or a juvenile community corrections officer may collect a biological sample that is not a blood sample.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 129th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.