{"data":{"id":"us-me/17-m.r.s.-1036","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"17 M.R.S. §1036","heading":"Necessary medical attention","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 17: CRIMES","CHAPTER 42: ANIMAL WELFARE","SUBCHAPTER 3: CRUELTY TO ANIMALS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17/title17sec1036.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:28Z","sha256":"2567797fa72af700abe4e9a345ea39dd212f9bb5abdff7f083616dadf39b24e0","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/17-m.r.s.-1035","next":"us-me/17-m.r.s.-1037"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}