Maine Revised Statutes
Subchapter 3: SECONDARY SCHOOLS
20-A §4723. Health and physical education

§4723. Health and physical education
The secondary course of study must include instruction in health, safety and physical education, as prescribed by the commissioner, and physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants and narcotics upon the human system. Health education must include instruction that addresses the relationship between physical and mental health in order to enhance student understanding of attitudes toward and behavior relating to mental illness and to eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness. The secondary course of study must also include instruction on affirmative consent, communication and decision making regarding sexual activity and the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants and narcotics on the ability to give affirmative consent, communicate and make appropriate decisions. For purposes of this section, "affirmative consent" means consent to sexual activity that can be revoked at any time and does not include silence, lack of resistance or consent given while intoxicated.   [PL 2019, c. 106, §3 (AMD); PL 2019, c. 196, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 859, §§C5,C7 (NEW). PL 2019, c. 106, §3 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 196, §1 (AMD).

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