22 §2501. Exceptions
Title 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Subtitle 2: HEALTH
Part 5: FOODS AND DRUGS
Chapter 562: CAMPING AREAS, RECREATIONAL CAMPS, YOUTH CAMPS AND EATING ESTABLISHMENTS
§2501. Exceptions
Private homes are not deemed or considered lodging places and subject to a license when not more than 5 rooms are let ; such private homes must post in a visible location in each rented room a card with the following statement in text that is easily readable in no less than 18-point boldface type of uniform font "This lodging place is not regulated by the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention." The homes must provide guests upon check-in with a notice containing the same information. A license is not required from dormitories of charitable, educational or philanthropic institutions, fraternity and sorority houses affiliated with educational institutions, or from private homes used in emergencies for the accommodation of persons attending conventions, fairs or similar public gatherings, nor from temporary eating and lodging places for the same, nor from railroad dining or buffet cars, nor from construction camps, nor from boarding houses and camps conducted in connection with wood cutting and logging operations, nor from any boarding care facilities or children's homes that are licensed under section 7801. [2007, c. 428, §1 (AMD).]
Cottages shall not be deemed or considered lodging places and subject to a license where not more than 3 cottages are let. [1975, c. 496, §3 (NEW).]
Stores or other establishments, where bottled soft drinks or ice cream is sold for consumption from the original containers only, and where no tables, chairs, glasses or other utensils are provided in connection with such sale, shall not be considered eating places within the meaning of this section. At such establishments, straws or spoons may be provided to aid in the consumption of such bottled soft drinks or ice cream, provided they shall be supplied in original individual single service sterile packages. [1975, c. 496, §3 (NEW).]
Nonprofit organizations including, but not limited to, 4-H Clubs, scouts and argicultural societies shall be exempt from department rules and regulations relating to dispensing foods and nonalcoholic beverages at not more than 12 public events or meals within one calendar year. [1975, c. 496, §3 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
1975, c. 496, §3 (NEW). 1977, c. 78, §148 (AMD). 2007, c. 428, §1 (AMD).