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7. Appeal procedure and action. An appeal is heard and decided by one board member.
The board may affirm or reverse the decision of the treatment provider or agency, require further
evaluation, make a finding of completion of treatment or make an alternate recommendation.
The board, after due consideration, shall make a written decision and transmit that decision to the
Driver Education and Evaluation Programs and the client who appealed the case. The decision of
the board is final agency action for purposes of judicial review pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375,
subchapter VII.
Sec. XXX-6. Transition provisions. The following provisions govern the transfer from
the Department of Health and Human Services to the Secretary of State of the administration of
the Driver Education and Evaluation Programs.
1. The Secretary of State is the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the
Department of Health and Human Services under Title 5, chapter 521, subchapter 5.
2. All existing rules, regulations and procedures in effect, in operation or adopted by the
Department of Health and Human Services or any of its administrative units or officers regarding
the Driver Education and Evaluation Programs are hereby declared in effect and will continue in
effect until rescinded, revised or amended by the proper authority.
3. All existing contracts, agreements and compacts currently in effect under the authority of the
Department of Health and Human Services regarding the Driver Education and Evaluation
Programs will continue in effect under the authority of the Secretary of State.
4. All records, property and equipment belonging to or allocated for the use of the Department of
Health and Human Services for the purposes of the Driver Education and Evaluation Programs
will, on the effective date of this Act, become the property of or allocated for the use of the
Secretary of State.
5. All existing forms, licenses, letterheads and similar items bearing the name of or referring to
the Department of Health and Human Services used for the purposes of the Driver Education and
Evaluation Programs may be used by the Secretary of State until existing supplies of those items
are exhausted.
PART XXX
SUMMARY
This Part transfers the administration of the Driver Education and Evaluation Programs
(DEEP) and available funding from the Department of Health and Human Services to the
Department of the Secretary of State.
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Sec. YYY-1. 22 MRSA c. 1, subchapter 1-A, as amended, is repealed.
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