Section 144-351-1-5 - PURPOSES OF ESTABLISHMENT OF RULES These rules are promulgated for the following purposes:
A. To implement Federal statutes, regulations and action transmittals of the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that are applicable to the activities of the Division of Support Enforcement.B. To implement the Statutes of the State of Maine, inclusive of the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, to the extent they are applicable to the activities of the Division.C. To establish rules of practice governing the conduct of adjudicatory proceedings of the Division, in accordance with and as authorized by the Maine Administrative Procedure Act ( 5 M.R.S. §8051 ).D. To establish the Department's rules for its employees who are engaged in any of the activities to which the Manual is applicable.10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 351, § 1-5