Maine Revised Statutes Title 22. Health and Welfare § 3785. Sanctions

1. Illness or incapacitation. The individual's illness, incapacity or advanced age, or the illness or incapacity of a household member, that requires the individual to provide care in the home;

2. Repealed. Laws 2017, c. 284, § NNNNNNN-13, eff. July 4, 2017.

3. Court-required appearance; incarceration. Court-required appearance or incarceration;

4 to 7. Deleted. Laws 2017, c. 256, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.

8. Crisis or special circumstance. A crisis, special circumstance or other reason that the department determines to be good cause that causes an individual to be absent from or discontinue a department activity about which the department has been advised, including lack of transportation or child care necessary for participation when the individual does not have reasonable access to that service and the department cannot offer a reasonable alternative to enable the individual to participate. If an individual has access to transportation that is reasonable under the circumstances through any program at the department, the individual is ineligible to receive an exemption based on lack of transportation; or

9. Repealed. Laws 1989, c. 839, § 8, eff. April 17, 1990.

10, 11. Repealed. Laws 1995, c. 418, § A-28.

12. Deleted. Laws 2017, c. 256, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.

13. Domestic violence. Inability to participate due to domestic violence when the individual is unable to participate because of physical injuries or the psychological effects of abuse; because of legal proceedings, counseling or other activities related to abuse; because the abuser actively interferes with the individual's participation; because the location puts the individual at risk; or for other good cause related to domestic violence. For the purposes of this subsection, reasonable and verifiable evidence may include but is not limited to the following: