The primary responsibilities of occupational and professional licensing boards include the examination of applicants, issuance of licenses or certificates, registration of licenses and rules of licensees with respect to the practice of a particular occupation or profession. The primary powers of these boards include the authority to hold hearings, adopt rules, establish standards and procedures, issue licenses and initiate action for the revocation or suspension of occupational or professional licenses.
For purposes of any occupational or professional licensing boards which have a public member or members, "public member" means a person who has no financial interest in the profession regulated by the board to which that member has been appointed and who has never been licensed, certified or given a permit in this or any other state for the occupation or profession that member is appointed to regulate.
This classification includes the following.
NAME OF ORGANIZATION RATE OF COMPENSATION STATUTORY REFERENCE
1. Board of Accountancy $35/Day 32 MRSA §12213
2. Arborist Examining Board
3. Acupuncture Licensing Board
4. Maine State Board for Licensure of Architects, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers $35/Day 32 MRSA §211
5. Board of Licensing of Auctioneers $35/Day 32 MRSA §288
5-A. Board of Bar Examiners Set by Supreme Judicial Court 4 MRSA §801
6. Board of Barbering and Cosmetology
7. Board of Boilers and Pressure Vessels
8. Board of Chiropractic Licensure $35/Day 32 MRSA §501
8-A. Board of Complementary Health Care Providers $35/Day 32 MRSA §12502
9. State Board of Cosmetology
9-A. Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure
9-B. Board of Real Estate Appraisers $35/Day 32 MRSA §14011
9-C. Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure $35/Day 32 MRSA §13852
10. Board of Dental Practice Legislative per diem board and subcommittee members 32 MRSA §18321
11. Board of Licensing of Dietetic Practice $35/Day 32 MRSA §9903
12. Board of Driver Education
13. Electricians' Examining Board $35/Day 32 MRSA §1151
14. Board of Elevator and Tramway Safety
15. Emergency Medical Services' Board $20/Day 32 MRSA §88
15-A. Emergency Medical Services Licensing Board $20/Day 32 MRSA §84
16. State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers $35/Day 32 MRSA §1301
17. Board of Licensure of Foresters $35/Day 32 MRSA §5505
18. State Board of Funeral Service $35/Day 32 MRSA §1451
19. State Board of Licensure for Geologists and Soil Scientists $35/Day 32 MRSA §4907
20. Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters
21. Board of Licensure for Professional Land Surveyors $35/Day 32 MRSA §18211
22. Manufactured Housing Board $35/Day 10 MRSA §9003
23. Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board $35/Day 32 MRSA §63‑A
24. Board of Licensure in Medicine $1,250/Year-Member $1,500/Year-Chair $7,500/Year-Secretary 32 MRSA §3263
25. State Board of Nursing Legislative Per Diem 32 MRSA §2151
26. Board of Occupational Therapy Practice $35/Day 32 MRSA §2273
27. Oil and Solid Fuel Board
28. State Board of Optometry $35/Day 32 MRSA §19201
29. Board of Osteopathic Licensure Legislative Per Diem 32 MRSA §2561
30. Board of Commissioners of the Profession of Pharmacy
30-A. Maine Board of Pharmacy $35/Day 32 MRSA §13711
31. Board of Examiners in Physical Therapy $35/Day 32 MRSA §3112
32. Plumbers' Examining Board $35/Day 32 MRSA §3401
33. Board of Licensure of Podiatric Medicine $35/Day 32 MRSA §3601
33-A. Propane and Natural Gas Board
34. State Board of Examiners of Psychologists $35/Day 32 MRSA §3821
35. Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners $35/Day 32 MRSA §9703
36. Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners $35/Day 32 MRSA §9853
37. Real Estate Commission $35/Day 32 MRSA §13062
38. State Board of Social Worker Licensure $35/Day 32 MRSA §7026
39. Board of Examiners on Speech-language Pathology and Audiology
40. Maine Pilotage Commission Not Authorized 38 MRSA §89
41. State Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors $35/Day 32 MRSA §6201
42. State Board of Veterinary Medicine $35/Day 32 MRSA §4854
43. Board of Underground Oil Storage Tank Installers Expenses Only 32 MRSA §10001
44. Maine Athletic Commission
45. Board of Licensure of Railroad Personnel
46. Board of Licensure of Water System Operators Expenses Only 22 MRSA §2624‑A
47. Gambling Control Board $55/Day 8 MRSA §1002
48. Board of Speech, Audiology and Hearing $35/Day 32 MRSA §17201
49. Maine Fuel Board $35/Day 32 MRSA §18121