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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 10, § 8008 (2026)

Purpose of occupational and professional regulatory boards

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The sole purpose of an occupational and professional regulatory board is to protect the public health and welfare. A board carries out this purpose by ensuring that the public is served by competent and honest practitioners and by establishing minimum standards of proficiency in the regulated professions by examining, licensing, regulating and disciplining practitioners of those regulated professions. Other goals or objectives may not supersede this purpose.   [PL 1993, c. 600, Pt. A, §12 (NEW).]
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PL 1993, c. 600, §A12 (NEW).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2008–2021 · leading case: Stephen Doane v. Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 2021 ME 28 (Me. 2021).
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Stephen Doane v. Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 2021 ME 28 (Me. 2021). “’” To support this proposition, he cites 10 M.R.S. § 8008 (2021), which provides: The sole purpose of an occupational and professional regulatory board is to protect the public health and welfare.”
Bd. of Licensure in Med. v. Diering (Me. Super. Ct 2008). “10 M.R.S. § 8008. The statute expressly includes· acts occurring outside this state within its definition of unprofessional conduct.”
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