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Statutes > Maine > Title17 > Title17ch42sec0 > Title17sec1036Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 42: ANIMAL WELFARE HEADING: PL 1987, C. 383, §4 (NEW); 1999, C. 254, §16 (RPR)
Subchapter 3: CRUELTY TO ANIMALS HEADING: PL 1987, C. 383, §4 (NEW)
§1036. Necessary medical attention
A person owning or responsible for confining or impounding any animal may not fail to supply the animal with necessary medical attention when the animal is or has been suffering from illness, injury, disease, excessive parasitism or malformed or overgrown hoof. Failure to provide necessary medical attention is a Class D crime. [1999, c. 254, §24 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
1987, c. 383, §4 (NEW). 1999, c. 254, §24 (AMD).
