An Act To Update the Membership of Certain Professional Licensing Boards
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1471
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: SMITH, BROMLEY, AUSTIN, COLLINS, O'BRIEN, RECTOR
Amends: 32 MRSA §115, 32 MRSA §1, 32 MRSA §1151, 32 MRSA §7026, 32 MRSA §14211-A

Legislative Document 
No. 1471 
H.P.1034 
House of Representatives, March 24, 2005 
An Act To Update the Membership of Certain Professional 
Licensing Boards 
Reference to the Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development suggested 
and ordered printed. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative SMITH of Monmouth. (GOVERNOR'S BILL) 
Cosponsored by Senator BROMLEY of Cumberland and 
Representatives: AUSTIN of Gray, COLLINS of Wells, O'BRIEN of Lewiston, RECTOR of 
Thomaston. 
Printed on recyded paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. I. 32 MRSA §115I, first 1[, as amended by PL 1991, c. 438, 
§1, is further amended to read: 
The Electricians' Examining Board, as established by Title 
5, section 12004-A, subsection 13, and in this chapter called the 
"board," consists of 7 members appointed by the GovernOrT-€a-±±ea 
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Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §1l51. 2nd 1[. as amended by PL 1999, c. 386, 
Pt. F, §11, is furthe~ amended to read: 
The 7 
a~pe~RE~ye members consist 0[: 
one master electrician 
experienced in low-energy electronics; one electrician who is a 
bona fide member from organized labor classified as an inside 
electrician; 
one electrical inspector; 
one 
master electrician 
from 
the education field; 
anQ 
one person experienced in the 
electrical field, all of whom must have at least 10 years of 
experience in the electrical field, 
p",ey~aee except that the 
latter 3 need not be active electricians at the time of their 
appointment; and 2 representatives of the public. 
Sec. 3. 32 MRSA §1151. last 1[. as repealed and replaced by PL 
1983, c. 413, §34, is amended to read: 
Any 
appe~RE~ye member 
of 
the board 
may 
be 
removed 
[rom 
office for cause by the Governor. 
Sec. 4. 32 MRSA §7026. first 1[. as amended by PL 1989, c. 503, 
Pt. B, §150, is further amended to read: 
The State Board of Social Worker Licensure, as established 
by Title 5, section 12004-A, subsection 38, within the Department 
of Professional and Financial Regulation, shall administer this 
chapter. 
by the 
The board sSB±±-eeRs~sE consists of 7 members appointed 
Governor. 
Three 
members 
of 
the board 
saB±± 
mu~t be 
licensed clinical social workers, licensed master social workers 
or certified social workers -
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SSB±± must be licensed social workers; and there ssa±± must be 
public members. 
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addi tion, board members ssa±± must meet the 
qualifications required under section 7027. 
Sec. 5. 32 MRSA §14211-A. sub-§l. as amended by PL 2001, c. 
599, §1 and affected by §3, is further amended to read: 
1. 
Membership. 
The Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, as 
established by Title 5, section 12004-A, subsection 6, consists 
of 9 .a members appointed by the Governor. 
Two members must be 
representatives of the public; 2 must be licensed and practicing 
cosmetologists; one must be a licensed and practicing barber; one 
must 
be 
a 
licensed instructor that has at least 
years of 
instructing experience and no current affiliation with any school 
currently licensed in the State; 
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one 
must 
be 
a 
licensed 
and 
practicing manicurist; and one must be a licensed and practicing 
aesthetician. 
Sec. 6. 32 MRSA §14211-A. sub-§5. as enacted by PL 1997, c. 
771, §8, is repealed. 
SUMMARY 
This bill eliminates a board position on the Electricians 0 
Examining Board designated for the Commissioner of Professional 
and Financial Regulation or the commissioner 0 s 
designee. 
This 
bill also amends the State Board of Social Worker Licensure by 
removing 
restrictive 
language 
with 
regard 
to 
license 
types. 
Finally, 
the bill eliminates one position from 
the 
Board of 
Barbering and Cosmetology currently designated for an owner of a 
barbering or cosmetology school located in the State.