{"data":{"id":"us-me/32-m.r.s.-18135","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"32 M.R.S. §18135","heading":"Propane and natural gas technician","body":"1.  Scope of license.  A propane and natural gas technician may install, repair or service propane or natural gas equipment and must be authorized in one or more of the following authorities:\nA.  Appliance connection and service, which permits the technician to install and service propane and natural gas appliances up to 500,000 BTUs per appliance;\nB.  Delivery, which permits the technician to deliver propane, either by liquid transfer into a stationary container on the property of the consumer or by placing a portable container on the property of the consumer;\nC.  Large equipment connection and service, which permits the technician to install and service propane and natural gas appliances over 500,000 BTUs per appliance;\nD.  Plant operation, which permits the technician to work at a propane facility as defined in NFPA standards, Number 58; or\nE.  Tank setting and outside piping, which permits the technician to set and maintain propane tanks and outside piping.\n2.  Professional qualifications.  Each applicant for a propane and natural gas technician license must pass an examination approved by the board and meet one of the following qualifications:\nA.  Successful completion of the certified employee training program of a national propane gas association; or\nB.  Successful completion of a board-approved propane or natural gas course at a Maine community college, career and technical education center or career and technical education region or a comparable institute of this State or another state and passage of an examination approved by the board.\nAn out-of-state applicant must present satisfactory evidence to the board of experience in installing, cleaning, servicing, altering and repairing propane and natural gas burning equipment.","path":["TITLE 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 139: MAINE FUEL BOARD","SUBCHAPTER 3: LICENSING"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/32/title32sec18135.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:37Z","sha256":"d2d196bb343f5e905016cf700309e8c7195475760c3b6f2e71797d1e4bb969a9","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/32-m.r.s.-18134-a","next":"us-me/32-m.r.s.-18136"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}