{"data":{"id":"us-me/5-m.r.s.-12004-a","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"5 M.R.S. §12004-A","heading":"Occupational and professional licensing boards","body":"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.\nFor 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.\nThis classification includes the following.\nNAME OF ORGANIZATION | RATE OF COMPENSATION | STATUTORY REFERENCE\n1.\nBoard of Accountancy | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §12213\n2.\nArborist Examining Board\n3.\nAcupuncture Licensing Board\n4.\nMaine State Board for Licensure of Architects, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §211\n5.\nBoard of Licensing of Auctioneers | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §288\n5-A.\nBoard of Bar Examiners | Set by Supreme Judicial Court | 4 MRSA §801\n6.\nBoard of Barbering and Cosmetology\n7.\nBoard of Boilers and Pressure Vessels\n8.\nBoard of Chiropractic Licensure | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §501\n8-A.\nBoard of Complementary Health Care Providers | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §12502\n9.\nState Board of Cosmetology\n9-A.\nBoard of Counseling Professionals Licensure\n9-B.\nBoard of Real Estate Appraisers | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §14011\n9-C.\nBoard of Counseling Professionals Licensure | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §13852\n10.\nBoard of Dental Practice | Legislative per diem board and subcommittee members | 32 MRSA §18321\n11.\nBoard of Licensing of Dietetic Practice | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §9903\n12.\nBoard of Driver Education\n13.\nElectricians' Examining Board | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §1151\n14.\nBoard of Elevator and Tramway Safety\n15.\nEmergency Medical Services' Board | $20/Day | 32 MRSA §88\n15-A.\nEmergency Medical Services Licensing Board | $20/Day | 32 MRSA §84\n16.\nState Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §1301\n17.\nBoard of Licensure of Foresters | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §5505\n18.\nState Board of Funeral Service | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §1451\n19.\nState Board of Licensure for Geologists and Soil Scientists | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §4907\n20.\nBoard of Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters\n21.\nBoard of Licensure for Professional Land Surveyors | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §18211\n22.\nManufactured Housing Board | $35/Day | 10 MRSA §9003\n23.\nNursing Home Administrators Licensing Board | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §63‑A\n24.\nBoard of Licensure in Medicine | $1,250/Year-Member $1,500/Year-Chair $7,500/Year-Secretary | 32 MRSA §3263\n25.\nState Board of Nursing | Legislative Per Diem | 32 MRSA §2151\n26.\nBoard of Occupational Therapy Practice | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §2273\n27.\nOil and Solid Fuel Board\n28.\nState Board of Optometry | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §19201\n29.\nBoard of Osteopathic Licensure | Legislative Per Diem | 32 MRSA §2561\n30.\nBoard of Commissioners of the Profession of Pharmacy\n30-A.\nMaine Board of Pharmacy | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §13711\n31.\nBoard of Examiners in Physical Therapy | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §3112\n32.\nPlumbers' Examining Board | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §3401\n33.\nBoard of Licensure of Podiatric Medicine | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §3601\n33-A.\nPropane and Natural Gas Board\n34.\nState Board of Examiners of Psychologists | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §3821\n35.\nBoard of Respiratory Care Practitioners | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §9703\n36.\nRadiologic Technology Board of Examiners | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §9853\n37.\nReal Estate Commission | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §13062\n38.\nState Board of Social Worker Licensure | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §7026\n39.\nBoard of Examiners on Speech-language Pathology and Audiology\n40.\nMaine Pilotage Commission | Not Authorized | 38 MRSA §89\n41.\nState Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §6201\n42.\nState Board of Veterinary Medicine | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §4854\n43.\nBoard of Underground Oil Storage Tank Installers | Expenses Only | 32 MRSA §10001\n44.\nMaine Athletic Commission\n45.\nBoard of Licensure of Railroad Personnel\n46.\nBoard of Licensure of Water System Operators | Expenses Only | 22 MRSA §2624‑A\n47.\nGambling Control Board | $55/Day | 8 MRSA §1002\n48.\nBoard of Speech, Audiology and Hearing | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §17201\n49.\nMaine Fuel Board | $35/Day | 32 MRSA §18121","path":["TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES","PART 18: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 379: BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS","SUBCHAPTER 1: COMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/5/title5sec12004-A.html","current_through":"October 1, 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