10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 503, § 8-3
A person who is not a Department employee may not communicate with any Department staff regarding the merits of a Certificate of Need application except for the purpose of placing that person's views in the application record. All communications with Department staff responsible for the Certificate of Need program from any person, who is not a Department employee, that the Department staff reasonably believes is intended to influence the analyses relating to or the decision regarding any application for Certificate of Need must be noted by that Department staff and that notation must be made part of the application record. 22 M.R.S.A. Sec.335(3).For purposes of this section, Department employees with responsibilities for the Certificate of Need program include but are not limited to employees of the Certificate of Need Unit and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This section shall not prohibit communication with the Certificate of Need Unit solely for the purpose of arranging a public informational meeting or public hearing as described in Chapters 6 and 7.
10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 503, § 8-3