Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §15228 is enacted to read:

§15228.__Elevator size

Notwithstanding section 15206, elevators in any building with 2 or more levels and to which the public-at-large normally has access, constructed after January 1, 2002, must be of sufficient size to allow the transport of a person on a stretcher in fully supine position, without having to raise, lower or bend the stretcher in any way.__The board shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

SUMMARY

This bill requires that elevators in public buildings be large enough to accommodate ambulance stretchers.