Maine Revised Statutes Title 5. Administrative Procedures and Services § 4684-B. Additional protections

A. “Building” means any structure having a roof or a partial roof supported by columns or walls that is used or intended to be used for shelter or enclosure of persons or objects regardless of the materials of which it is constructed.

B. “Health service” means any medical, surgical, laboratory, testing or counseling service relating to the human body.

B-1. “Medical safety zone” means an area extending 8 feet from the center of the entrance of a building in which patients receive health services.

C. “Physical obstruction” means rendering impassable ingress to or egress from a building or rendering passage to or from a building unreasonably difficult or hazardous.

A. Engaging in the physical obstruction of a building;

B. Making or causing repeated telephone calls to a person or a building, whether or not conversation ensues, with the intent to impede access to a person's or building's telephone lines or otherwise disrupt a person's or building's activities;

C. Activating a device or exposing a substance that releases noxious and offensive odors within a building; or

D. During the posted hours of operating after having been ordered by a law enforcement officer to cease such noise, at any time after the order, intentionally making noise that can be heard within a building and with the further intent either:

A. A person entering or leaving the building;

B. A person using the public sidewalk or street right-of-way adjacent to the building solely for the purpose of reaching a destination other than the building;

C. A law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical services provider, employee of a construction company or a utility or employee of a public works department or other municipal service acting in the course of employment; or

D. An employee or agent of the health service or the operator of the building acting in the course of employment.

A. The following notice written in a clear and conspicuous manner: “HEALTH CARE FACILITY--NO STANDING IN THIS ZONE”; and

B. A reference to subsection 3.