Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B. Behavioral and Developmental Services § 1212. State Forensic Service

A. To perform examinations of the mental condition of a defendant pursuant to Title 15, section 101-D and to do the evaluations or examinations on behalf of any court of record, pursuant to agreement between the commissioner and the jurisdiction requesting that the evaluation be performed;

B. To perform examinations of the mental condition of persons committed to the custody of the commissioner under Title 15, section 103, for the purposes specified in Title 15, section 104-A;

C. To perform examinations of the mental condition of persons pursuant to Title 22, chapter 250;  2 and

D. To perform evaluations on behalf of any court of record. The State Forensic Service may contract with psychologists, psychiatrists and licensed clinical social workers to perform evaluations. The clinicians under contract are entitled to quasi-judicial immunity for all acts performed within the scope of their evaluation duties and in accordance with protocols for evaluations established by the State Forensic Service.