Maine § 10 §8001 Department; organization

Maine Statutes

§ 10 §8001 — Department; organization

Maine § 10 §8001

Title 10COMMERCE AND TRADE

Part 9DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 10, § 10 §8001 (2026).

Text

There is created and established the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, in this chapter referred to as the "department," to regulate financial institutions, insurance companies, grantors of consumer credit and to license and regulate professions and occupations. The mission of the department is to encourage sound, ethical business practices through high-quality, impartial and efficient regulation of insurers, financial institutions, creditors, investment providers and numerous professions and occupations for the purpose of protecting consumers. The department is composed of the following:

1.Bureau of Financial Institutions. Bureau of Financial Institutions;

2.Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection. Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection;

3.Bureau of Insurance. Bureau of In

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There is created and established the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, in this chapter referred to as the "department," to regulate financial institutions, insurance companies, grantors of consumer credit and to license and regulate professions and occupations. The mission of the department is to encourage sound, ethical business practices through high-quality, impartial and efficient regulation of insurers, financial institutions, creditors, investment providers and numerous professions and occupations for the purpose of protecting consumers. The department is composed of the following:
1.
Bureau of Financial Institutions.
Bureau of Financial Institutions;
2.
Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection.
Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection;
3.
Bureau of Insurance.
Bureau of Insurance;
3-A.
Office of Securities.
Office of Securities; and
4.
Maine Athletic Commission.
5.
Maine State Pilotage Commission.
6.
Real Estate Commission.
7.
Arborist Examining Board.
8.
Board of Licensing of Auctioneers.
9.
Board of Barbering and Cosmetology.
10.
Board of Commercial Driver Education.
10.
Board of Driver Education.
11.
Board of Licensing of Dietetic Practice.
12.
Electricians' Examining Board.
13.
State Board of Licensure for Professional Foresters.
14.
State Board of Funeral Service.
15.
State Board of Certification for Geologists and Soil Scientists.
16.
Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters.
17.
Manufactured Housing Board.
18.
Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board.
19.
Board of Occupational Therapy Practice.
20.
Oil and Solid Fuel Board.
21.
Board of Examiners in Physical Therapy.
22.
Plumbers' Examining Board.
22-A.
Board of Licensure of Podiatric Medicine.
23.
State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
24.
Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners.
25.
Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners.
26.
State Board of Social Worker Licensure.
27.
Board of Examiners on Speech Pathology and Audiology.
28.
State Board of Substance Abuse Counselors.
29.
State Board of Veterinary Medicine.
30.
Acupuncture Licensing Board.
31.
Board of Commissioners of the Profession of Pharmacy.
32.
Board of Licensure for Professional Land Surveyors.
32-A.
Maine State Board for Licensure of Architects, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers.
33.
Board of Chiropractic Licensure.
34.
Board of Licensure of Railroad Personnel.
35.
Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure.
36.
Board of Real Estate Appraisers.
37.
Real Estate Commission.
38.
Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation.
Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation is composed of the following:

Legislative History

PL 1971, c. 488, §§1,3 (NEW). PL 1973, c. 537, §15 (RP). PL 1973, c. 585, §4 (RPR). PL 1973, c. 788, §43 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 134, §4 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 547, §4 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 579, §1 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 767, §9 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 770, §58 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 771, §122 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 78, §36 (RPR). PL 1977, c. 160, §2 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 466, §1 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 673, §1 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 606, §2 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 501, §37 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 703, §A2 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 553, §11 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 746, §1 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 758, §1 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 233, §2 (RPR). PL 1985, c. 288, §2 (RPR). PL 1985, c. 389, §6 (RPR). PL 1985, c. 737, §A21 (RPR). PL 1985, c. 748, §15 (RPR). PL 1985, c. 819, §§A15,16 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 395, §A34 (RPR). PL 1987, c. 488, §2 (RPR). PL 1989, c. 450, §4 (RPR). PL 1989, c. 465, §2 (RPR). PL 1989, c. 502, §A31 (RPR). PL 1989, c. 806, §2 (RPR). PL 1989, c. 878, §D6 (RPR). PL 1991, c. 396, §1 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 397, §3 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 548, §B1 (RPR). PL 1993, c. 389, §3 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 428, §2 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 600, §§A6,7 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 309, §26 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 309, §29 (AFF). PL 1995, c. 389, §§2,3 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 397, §§3-11 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 402, §§A3,47 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 502, §§H6-8 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 505, §4 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 505, §22 (AFF). PL 1995, c. 560, §§H3,4 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §H17 (AFF). PL 1995, c. 625, §A17 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 671, §§6,7 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 727, §C1 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 749, §2 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 386, §B1 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 399, §2 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 399, §20 (AFF). PL 1999, c. 687, §C1 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 44, §9 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 44, §14 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 182, §5 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 261, §5 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 273, Pt. B, §5 (REV). PL 2007, c. 273, Pt. B, §7 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 369, Pt. B, §§2-6 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 369, Pt. C, §5 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. C, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 695, Pt. A, §47 (AFF). PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. B, §§1-5 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. E, §2 (AFF). PL 2009, c. 369, Pt. A, §22 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 286, Pt. B, §1 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 70, Pt. B, §1 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 285, §2 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 17, Pt. P, §§1-3 (AMD).