Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA c. 223, sub-c. 7-B is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER 7-B

PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES

§6621.__Performance-enhancing substance list

1.__List.__The Department of Health and Human Services shall develop by January 1, 2007 a list of performance-enhancing substances.__The list must include the following:

A.__All substances that are:

(1)__A dietary supplement, as defined by 21 United States Code, Section 321, Subsection (ff); and

(2)__Listed on a banned substance list maintained by the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the World Anti-Doping Agency or their successor organizations;

B.__Ephedrine;

C.__Synephrine, also known as bitter orange; and

D.__Dehydroepiandrosterone.

2.__Amended.__The performance-enhancing substance list must be amended each time a new substance is added to either of the lists referred to in subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (2).__For a substance to be prohibited under section 6624 in a particular school year, the substance must be added to the performance- enhancing substance list no later than July 1st preceding that school year.

3.__Notification.__The Department of Health and Human Services shall notify the department when the performance-enhancing substance list is complete and of any amendments to the list.__ The department shall notify a school administrative unit that has students in grades 9 to 12 who participate in sports of the availability of the list.__The Department of Health and Human Services shall post the list on its publicly accessible website.

§6622.__Training