{"id":"DUT-ME-008","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maine","state":"ME","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 562, Eating Establishments, Lodging Places, Campgrounds, Recreational and Sporting Camps, Youth Camps, Public Pools and Public Spas; administered by the DHHS Health Inspection Program)","authority":"P.L. 1975, c. 496, sec. 3; police power of the State exercised by licensing","instrument":"22 M.R.S. sec. 2492 (license required), sec. 2496 (Department rulemaking; Maine Food Code), sec. 2497 (right of entry and inspection without warrant), sec. 2498 (fines; correction directives; penalties for operating unlicensed; Attorney General injunction), sec. 2500 (suspension or revocation; emergency suspension where conditions \u0027may endanger the life, health or safety of persons\u0027)","title":"Title 22, Chapter 562: Eating Establishments, Lodging Places, Campgrounds, Recreational and Sporting Camps, Youth Camps, Public Pools and Public Spas (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)","dateIssued":"2026-01-05","effective":"standing; text in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-01-05","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","COND","CLOSE","ALC"],"addressees":["specified businesses (eating establishments, lodging places, campgrounds, recreational and sporting camps, youth camps, public pools and spas); owners or persons in control of licensed premises"],"clause":"Whenever, upon inspection, conditions are found which violate this chapter or regulations adopted thereunder, or which may endanger the life, health or safety of persons living in or attending any licensed establishment under this chapter, the department may request an emergency suspension of license of the District Court pursuant to Title 4, section 184, subsection 6","enforcement":"sec. 2498(1)(A): penalties up to $100 for each violation, each day uncorrected a separate offense; (B): correction directives, failure to correct a separate finable violation; (C): up to $5,000 per day for operating without an active license; (D): Attorney General injunction; sec. 2500: suspension or revocation by District Court complaint, and emergency suspension where conditions may endanger life, health or safety","functions":[],"notes":"Every restaurant, bar, lodging place, campground and camp to hold a DHHS license, admit inspectors at any reasonable time without a warrant, correct violations within the time the Department directs, and operate free of conditions that \u0027may endanger the life, health or safety of persons,\u0027 on pain of daily fines, Attorney General injunction and emergency suspension of the license; the Governor\u0027s orders made this license the enforcement vehicle for the dine-in closure, occupancy, distancing, curfew and face-covering conditions (Ex. ME-011 sec. IV(F) and VI; Ex. ME-029 sec. II; Ex. ME-046 sec. III; Ex. ME-082).","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/22/title22ch562.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":185293,"grade":"primary","character":"sanitary_code_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-ME","url":"/library/DUT-ME-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-ME-008","citation":"Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 562, Eating Establishments, Lodging Places, Campgrounds, Recreational and Sporting Camps, Youth Camps, Public Pools and Public Spas; administered by the DHHS Health Inspection Program), 22 M.R.S. sec. 2492 (license required), sec. 2496 (Department rulemaking; Maine Food Code), sec. 2497 (right of entry and inspection without warrant), sec. 2498 (fines; correction directives; penalties for operating unlicensed; Attorney General injunction), sec. 2500 (suspension or revocation; emergency suspension where conditions \u0027may endanger the life, health or safety of persons\u0027) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-008)","stateName":"Maine","related":["ME-011","ME-029","ME-046","ME-082","DUT-ME-017","ME-013","ME-026","DUT-ME-014"]}