BASIS STATEMENT: The principal reason for proposing this amendment to the existing regulation is to ensure that the regulation is consistent with the statutes amended by PL 2019, c. 89, An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Critical Incident Stress Management Teams.

1. DEFINITIONS

A. For the purposes of this regulation, the terms included in this section are defined as follows, unless otherwise indicated in the regulation.

(1) Critical incident. "Critical incident" has the same meaning as in 25 M.R.S.A. § 4201, sub-§1.

(2) Critical incident stress management peer support. "Critical incident stress management peer support" has the same meaning as in 25 M.R.S.A. §4201, sub-§1-A

(3) Critical incident stress management peer support person. "Critical incident stress management peer support person" has the same meaning as in 25 M.R.S.A. §201, sub-§1-B.

(4) Critical incident stress management team. "Critical incident stress management team" has the same meaning as in 25 M.R.S.A. §4201, sub-§2.

(5) Public safety agency. "Public safety agency" has the same meaning as in 25 M.R.S.A. §2921, sub-§6-B.

2. CRITERIA

A. Each member of a critical incident stress management team, as well as each volunteer team coordinator, must have the following training, at a minimum:

(1) Sixteen (16) hours or more of basic critical incident stress management training by a certified CISMT trainer or through a nationally recognized organization, such as the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.

(2) An aggregate of twenty (20) hours of annual in-service training in CISM or behavioral health. Time spent in actual deployment as a member of CISMT may be credited to this twenty (20) hours of annual in-service training requirement.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY:

25 M.R.S. §4201(2), (1-A), (1-B)

EFFECTIVE DATE:

August 10, 2014 – filing 2014-156

AMENDED:

December 25, 2019 – filing 2019-244