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ME LD1854
Bill
Status
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kristi Mathieson
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AI Summary
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Requires fingerprint-based FBI criminal background checks for initial license applicants and those seeking interstate compact privileges across seven professional licensing boards: counseling professionals, dental practice, speech/audiology/hearing, occupational therapy, social work, osteopathic licensure, and medicine
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Applies to occupational therapists and assistants, physician assistants, social workers seeking multistate licenses, clinical professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, dentists, and dental hygienists
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Maine State Police will collect fingerprints and forward them to the State Bureau of Identification for state and national criminal history record checks, with applicants paying board-established fees
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Background check results are confidential and may not be shared with interstate compact commissions or other parties; boards may use results only for applicant screening or disciplinary actions against licensees
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Individuals whose licenses expire without renewal may request written removal of their fingerprints from the state fingerprint file
Legislative Description
An Act to Require the Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure, Board of Dental Practice, Board of Speech, Audiology and Hearing, Board of Occupational Therapy Practice, State Board of Social Worker Licensure, Board of Osteopathic Licensure and Board of Licensure in Medicine to Obtain Fingerprint-based Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Background Checks for Initial Applicants and Licensees Seeking Compact Privileges
Licensing
Last Action
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
6/16/2025