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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 5, § 10051 (2026)

Jurisdiction of District Court; retained powers of agency

✓ current as of May 2026
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1.  Jurisdiction.  Except as provided in section 10004; Title 8, section 279‑B; Title 10, section 8003; Title 20‑A, sections 10712 and 10713; Title 29‑A; Title 32, chapters 2‑B, 62, 114 and 135; and Title 38, section 342, the District Court has exclusive jurisdiction upon complaint of any agency or, if the licensing agency fails or refuses to act within a reasonable time, upon complaint of the Attorney General to revoke or suspend licenses issued by the agency and has original jurisdiction upon complaint of an agency to determine whether renewal or reissuance of a license of that agency may be refused.  
[PL 2021, c. 173, §1 (AMD).]
2.  Complaining agency.  The complaining agency retains every other power granted to it by statute or necessarily implied therein, except the power of revoking or suspending licenses issued by it. Such retained powers include, but are not limited to, the granting or renewing of licenses, the investigating and determining of grounds for the filing of a complaint under this section and the prosecution of such complaints.  
[PL 1999, c. 547, Pt. B, §19 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 547, Pt. B, §80 (AFF).]
3.  Appellate jurisdiction.  The District Court has exclusive jurisdiction to review licensing decisions of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services taken pursuant to Title 28‑A, sections 453‑A, 458 and 653. Chapter 375, subchapter 7 governs these proceedings as far as applicable, substituting "District Court" for "Superior Court."  
[PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. V, §3 (AMD).]
4.  Violations. 
[PL 2003, c. 505, §2 (RP).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 551, §3 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 694, §39 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 265, §2 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 698, §13 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 171, §§3,4 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 683, §1 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 818, §1 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 748, §§3,4 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 141, §§B3,B4 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 203, §1 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 377, §4 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 563, §2 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 824, §A5 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 65, §A9 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 65, §§A153,C15 (AFF). PL 1995, c. 140, §1 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 547, §B19 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 547, §B80 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 229, §2 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 451, §T3 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 505, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 65, §C3 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 112, Pt. B, §3 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. V, §3 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 173, §1 (AMD).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1983–2017 · leading case: Stephen Doane v. Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 2017 ME 193 (Me. 2017).
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Stephen Doane v. Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 2017 ME 193 (Me. 2017). · cites it 10× “5 M.R.S. § 10051(1) (emphasis added).3 [¶15] Separately, a physician’s authority to practice medicine in Maine is provided through the issuance of a license from the Board of Licensure in Medicine.”
Antler's Inn & Restaurant, LLC v. Dep't of Pub. Saf., 60 A.3d 1248 (Me. 2012). · cites it 2× “On the Town’s and Department’s motions, the court dismissed all claims other than the Rule 80C direct appeal of the Department’s final decision on remand.”
Allied Resources, Inc. v. Dep't of Pub. Saf., 999 A.2d 940 (Me. 2010). “§ 653(5) (2009); 5 M.R.S. § 10051(3) (2009); M.R. Civ. P. 80C, and moved for a stay of final agency action, see M.”
Bangor Baptist Church v. State of Me., Dept. of Educ., 576 F. Supp. 1299 (D. Me. 1983). “§ 7803(1); 5 M.R.S.A. § 10051(2), and granting regulators the right of entry to inspect licensed facilities for compliance, see 22 M.”
Doane v. Maine Dep't of Health & Human Servs. (Me. Super. Ct 2016). · cites it 3× “§ 152(a) and 5 M.R.S. § 10051(2), can only be revoked by the Maine District Court.”
Reiser v. Maine Bd. of Pharm. (Me. Super. Ct 2000). “See also 5 M.R.S.A. § 10051(1) (stating that the Administrative Court has jurisdiction to revoke or suspend licenses issued by an agency upon complaint of the agency or the Attorney General).”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 5, § 10051(1) — 2 cases
Stephen Doane v. Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 2017 ME 193 (Me. 2017). “5 M.R.S. § 10051(1) (emphasis added).3 [¶15] Separately, a physician’s authority to practice medicine in Maine is provided through the issuance of a license from the Board of Licensure in Medicine.”
Reiser v. Maine Bd. of Pharm. (Me. Super. Ct 2000). “See also 5 M.R.S.A. § 10051(1) (stating that the Administrative Court has jurisdiction to revoke or suspend licenses issued by an agency upon complaint of the agency or the Attorney General).”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 5, § 10051(2) — 2 cases
Bangor Baptist Church v. State of Me., Dept. of Educ., 576 F. Supp. 1299 (D. Me. 1983). “§ 7803(1); 5 M.R.S.A. § 10051(2), and granting regulators the right of entry to inspect licensed facilities for compliance, see 22 M.”
Doane v. Maine Dep't of Health & Human Servs. (Me. Super. Ct 2016). “§ 152(a) and 5 M.R.S. § 10051(2), can only be revoked by the Maine District Court.”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 5, § 10051(3) — 2 cases
Antler's Inn & Restaurant, LLC v. Dep't of Pub. Saf., 60 A.3d 1248 (Me. 2012). “On the Town’s and Department’s motions, the court dismissed all claims other than the Rule 80C direct appeal of the Department’s final decision on remand.”
Allied Resources, Inc. v. Dep't of Pub. Saf., 999 A.2d 940 (Me. 2010). “§ 653(5) (2009); 5 M.R.S. § 10051(3) (2009); M.R. Civ. P. 80C, and moved for a stay of final agency action, see M.”
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