{"data":{"id":"us-me/22-m.r.s.-1401","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"22 M.R.S. §1401","heading":"Prevention and treatment","body":"The department is authorized to make investigations concerning cancer, the prevention and treatment thereof, and the mortality therefrom, and to take such action as it may deem will assist in bringing about a reduction in the mortality due thereto.","path":["TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE","SUBTITLE 2: HEALTH","PART 3: PUBLIC HEALTH","CHAPTER 255: CANCER"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/22/title22sec1401.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:31Z","sha256":"7d536b4e297fe9396a5cfe48ddb08184b0384a038417270b80cbaa88b1edc609","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/22-m.r.s.-1396","next":"us-me/22-m.r.s.-1402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}