Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §13103, sub-§1, ¶A-1 is enacted to read:

A-1.__"Academic medical center" is a Maine-based nonprofit clinical, educational and research organization with a critical number of hospital beds, with multiple and independent residency and fellowship programs, with a significant number of residents and fellows and that is affiliated with but independent of a medical school.

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §13103, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. SSS, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

B.__"Eligible institution" means a Maine-based private nonprofit biomedical research institution or academic medical center or medical school that, as of July 1, 2001:

(1)__Performs competitive biomedical research in on- site, wetbench biomedical research laboratories in the State, as evidenced by publication in recognized peer review journals; and

(2)__Receives or expends funds in the State from federal agencies or specified grant sources for the purpose of producing peer-reviewed biomedical research in on-site, wetbench biomedical research laboratories.

For purposes of this paragraph, "wetbench" has the meaning generally ascribed to that term by the biomedical research community and refers to laboratories that use solutions, cells and organic research materials.

Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §13103, sub-§1, ¶¶E, F and G are enacted to read:

E.__"Private nonprofit biomedical research institution" means a Maine-based institution that is a nonprofit organization described in 26 United States Code Section 501(c)(3); with a primary purpose of biomedical research; with research laboratories on site; with scientific doctoral degrees who are principal investigators on biomedical research grants expended in the State through that institution and who have published a significant number of publications in Index Medicus journals in each of the past 3 years; and with a significant level of research activity funded by specified grant sources.