Code of Maine Rules
03 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
201 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS/GENERAL
Chapter 15 - BATTERER INTERVENTION PROGRAM CERTIFICATION
Section 201-15-1 - Procedures and Standards for Batterer Intervention Programs

1. Attempting to cause or causing bodily injury or offensive physical contact, including sexual assaults under Title 17-A, Chapter 11, except that contact as described in Title 17-A, §106, sub-§1, is excluded from this definition;

2. Attempting to place or placing another in fear of bodily injury through any course of conduct including, but not limited to, threatening, harassing, or tormenting behavior;

3. Compelling a person by force, threat of force or intimidation to engage in conduct from which the person has a right or privilege to abstain or to abstain from conduct in which the person has a right to engage;

4. Knowingly restricting substantially the movements of another person without that person's consent or other lawful authority by: removing that person from that person's residence, place of business or school; moving that person a substantial distance from the vicinity where that person was found; or confining that person for a substantial period either in the place where the restriction commences or in a place to which that person has been moved;

5. Communicating to a person a threat to commit, or to cause to be committed, a crime of violence dangerous to human life against the person to whom the communication is made or another, and the natural and probable consequence of the threat, whether or not that consequence in fact occurs, is to place the person to whom the threat is communicated, or the person against whom the threat is made, in reasonable fear that the crime will be committed; or

6. Repeatedly and without reasonable cause:

1. The term "batterer intervention program" refers to a community-based educational program which is one component of a coordinated community response to domestic abuse where the main goals are:

2. The community-based educational programs for domestic abuse offenders (hereafter called "BIProgram") referred to in these standards are designed specifically to intervene with court referred adults, but are not limited to court referrals.

1. The term "domestic violence center" refers to a network of programs and services for victims of domestic abuse. There are two coalitions of domestic violence centers in Maine. The Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence (MCEDV) is comprised of eight of Maine's domestic violence centers. Each domestic violence center is a private, independent, nonprofit agency which provides individual crisis intervention, legal information, and advocacy for people affected by domestic abuse, as well as support groups and shelter options for victims of domestic abuse and their children. These services are confidential, free of charge, and based on a self-help model. In addition, domestic violence centers provide training, education, and consultation to community groups, schools, public officials, and services providers to improve the community's response to domestic abuse. The Wabanaki Women's Coalition (WWC) is comprised of the five tribal domestic violence centers in Maine. Each of these tribal domestic violence centers provides individual crisis intervention, legal information, and advocacy for predominately Native Americans affected by domestic abuse, as well as support groups and shelter options for victims of domestic abuse and their children. These services are confidential, free of charge, and based on a self-help model. In addition, they provide training, education, and consultation to community groups, schools, public officials, and service providers to improve the tribal community's response to domestic abuse.

2. In the case of a domestic violence center which is not a member of the MCEDV or WWC, that center which is providing the services described above will serve as the collaborator in that jurisdiction.

3. For the purposes of this document, hereafter "domestic violence center" will be referred to as "DVC."