An Act To Update Professional and Occupational Licensing Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1443
Committee Amendment CA_A_S216 (Senate)
Amends: 32 MRSA §1503-A, 32 MRSA §3301

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 498, L.D. 1443, Bill, "An Act To 
Update Professional and Occupational Licensing Laws" 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 2 in the 3rd line (page 2, line 15 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "no more than 2 manufactured homes annually" and inserting 
the following: 'manufactured homes' 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 6 by striking out all of the last 3 lines (page 3, 
lines 18 to 20 in L.D.) and inserting the following: "'Manufactured housing" does not 
include modular homes constructed at an educational facility by students pursuant to rules 
adopted by the board;' 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 10 in the first paragraph in the 4th line (page 4, 
line 5 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "home" and inserting the following: 'heme 
housing unit' 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 10 in the first paragraph in the 5th and 6th lines 
(page 4, lines 6 and 7 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "mehlle manufactured 
home" and inserting the following: 'mobile home manufactured housing unit' 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 19 in subsection 4 in the 6th line (page 6, line 12 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"Affixa.tion Attaching" and inserting the 
following: 'Affixation' 
Amend the bill in Part B by striking out all of section 25. 
Amend the bill in Part C by striking out all of sections 2 and 3 and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. C-2. 32 MRSA §1503-A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. J, § 11, is 
further amended to read: 
§1503-A. Practitioner trainee 
The board may issue a practitioner trainee license to an individual seeking to obtain 
the necessary experience to be licensed as a practitioner of funeral service. An individual 
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who receives a practitioner trainee license shall register with the Maine Apprenticeship 
Program established under Title 26, section 3202 and complete 2,000 hours of training 
with a funeral establishment approved by the board under the instruction and supervision 
of a licensed funeral practitioner who is actively engaged in that practice. 
In order for aay person to receiYe credit for time sen•ed as a practitioner trainee, that 
person mtlst have served 2,000 hours of employment with a funeral establishment 
approved by the State Board of Funeral £erviee under the instruction aad supervision of a 
person licensed for the practice of funeral service and actively engaged in that praotioe, 
and must be licensed as a practitioner trainee vt'ith. the board. 
Upon terminating 
employment, the practitioner trainee shall notify the board immediately, giving the date 
of termination. The practitioner trainee must repeat this procedure with all subsequent 
employersi accurately showing the dates of beginning and of terminating apprenticeship 
employment. Before a funeral service license may be issued, the practitioner trainee must 
file with the board a certification of the trainee time served, signed by the practitioner 
trainee's employer or employers, before a notary public. Practitioner trainee requirements 
are satisfied in the case of an applicant who presents proof of present licensure as a 
practitioner of funeral service in another state at the time application is made for Iicensure 
as a practitioner of funeral service in this State.' 
Amend the bill in Part D in section 1 in subsection 5 in the 4th line (page 13, line 12 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "person, firm or oorporation" and inserting the 
following: 'person, firm or oorporation individual' 
Amend the bill in Part D by inserting after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. D-2. 32 MRSA §3301, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1999, c. 386, Pt. L, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
6. 
Trainee plumber. 
"Trainee plumber" means any person who is engaged in 
assisting in making plumbing installations under the direct supervision of a one or more 
licensed journeyman plumber or master plumber plumbers or licensed master plumbers, 
whether for the purpose of learning the trade or otherwise.' 
Amend the bill in Part D in section 4 by striking out all of subsection 3 (page 14, 
lines 12 to 18 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'3. 
Trainee license. 
The board may issue a trainee plumber license without 
examination to any person who submits a written application on a form supplied by the 
board with the required fee set under section 3501-B and who provides satisfactory 
evidence that the person has entered the employ of is employed by a licensed master 
plumber te or an entity that employs a licensed master plumber or plumbers and will 
assist the licensed master plumber or plumbers as a plumber's trainee plumber. Any 
person employed as a trainee plumber shall apply for a Iioense within 10 business days 
after the day the person oommenees employment.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITIEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 498, L.D. 1443 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the unanimous report of the committee, makes several 
technical changes to the language of the bill and: 
1. Expands exemption from the laws governing the Manufactured Housing Board for 
student-built modular homes created in the bill by applying the exemption to education 
programs that build more than 2 modular homes annually in accordance with board rules; 
2. Clarifies that a practitioner trainee licensed by the State Board of Funeral Service 
must register with the Department of Labor's Maine Apprenticeship Program; and 
3. Clarifies that a trainee plumber licensed by the Plumbers' Examining Board may 
work under the direct supervision of more than one licensed journeyman or master 
plumber and may be employed by either a master plumber or an entity that also employs 
a licensed master plumber or plumbers. 
FISCAL NOTE RIQlllllED 
(See attaclMd) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/18/17 ;Wac. 
LD 1443 
LR 764(02) 
An Act To Update Professional and Occupational Licensing Laws 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment''(\ l S - dlV) 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Minor revenue decrease - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Additional costs to the various boards and commissions, within or affiliated with the Department of Professional and 
Financial Regulation, affected by this legislation can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
Any decrease in dedicated revenue to the Plumbers' Examining Board as a result ofrepealing the provision in law that 
allows the board to issue a company license to a corporation, firm, partnership, limited partnership or limited liability 
company is expected to be minor. 
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