An Act to Amend the Maine Emergency Medical Services Act of
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 2132
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: TALBOT ROSS
Amends: 32 MRSA §82, 32 MRSA §83, 32 MRSA §87-B

Legislative Document
No. 2132
S.P. 826
In Senate, January 7, 2026
An Act to Amend the Maine Emergency Medical Services Act of 
1982 to Require Compliance with the Statewide Trauma-incidence 
Registry and Make Certain Technical and Other Changes
Submitted by the Department of Public Safety pursuant to Joint Rule 203.
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  32 MRSA §82, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2021, c. 220, §1, is further 
amended to read:
1.  Licenses required.  An ambulance service, ambulance, nontransporting emergency 
medical service, emergency medical services person, emergency medical services 
ambulance operator, emergency medical services educator, emergency medical services 
training center, emergency medical dispatch center or emergency medical dispatcher may 
not operate or practice unless duly licensed by the Emergency Medical Services' Board 
pursuant to this chapter, except as stated in subsection 2.
Sec. 2.  32 MRSA §82, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2007, c. 274, §3, is repealed.
Sec. 3.  32 MRSA §82, sub-§4 is enacted to read:
4.  Unlicensed practice; criminal penalties.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to 
the contrary, a person that practices or represents to the public that the person is authorized 
to practice or engage in an activity that requires a license under this section and 
intentionally, knowingly or recklessly fails to obtain a license as required under this section 
or intentionally, knowingly or recklessly practices or represents to the public that the person 
is authorized to practice or engages in an activity that requires a license after the license 
required under this section has expired or has been suspended or revoked commits a Class 
E crime.
Sec. 4.  32 MRSA §82, sub-§5 is enacted to read:
5.  Unlicensed practice; civil violations.  A person that practices or represents to the 
public that the person is authorized to practice or engage in an activity that requires a license 
under this section and fails to obtain a license as required under this section or practices or 
represents to the public that the person is authorized to practice or engage in an activity that 
requires a license after the license required under this section has expired or has been 
suspended or revoked commits a civil violation punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 
but not more than $5,000 for each violation. An action under this subsection may be 
brought in the District Court or, in combination with an action under subsection 6, in the 
Superior Court.
Sec. 5.  32 MRSA §82, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
6.  Unlicensed practice; injunctions.  The Attorney General may bring an action in 
the Superior Court to enjoin any person from violating subsection 5, whether or not 
proceedings have been or may be instituted in the District Court or whether or not criminal 
proceedings have been or may be instituted, and to restore to any person that has suffered 
any ascertainable loss by reason of that violation any money or personal or real property 
that may have been acquired by means of that violation and to compel the return of 
compensation received for engaging in that unlawful conduct.
A person that violates the terms of an injunction issued under this subsection shall pay to 
the State a fine of not more than $10,000 for each violation. In any action under this 
subsection, when a permanent injunction has been issued, the court may order the person 
against whom the permanent injunction is issued to pay to the General Fund the costs of 
the investigation of that person by the Attorney General and the costs of suit, including 
attorney's fees. In any action by the Attorney General brought against a person for violating 
the terms of an injunction issued under this subsection, the court may make the necessary 
orders or judgments to restore to any person that has suffered any ascertainable loss of 
money or personal or real property or to compel the return of compensation received by 
reason of such conduct found to be in violation of an injunction.
Sec. 6.  32 MRSA §83, sub-§20, as amended by PL 2007, c. 274, §7, is further 
amended to read:
20.  Regional council.  "Regional council" means a business an entity recognized by 
the board that represents a geographical area of the State, as designated by the board, with 
respect to matters subject to this chapter.
Sec. 7.  32 MRSA §87-B, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 738, Pt. C, §8, is 
amended to read:
2.  Reporting by physicians and hospitals.  Physicians and hospitals may shall report 
trauma information to the board as follows.
A.  A hospital may shall report to the board information regarding persons diagnosed 
as suffering from trauma.  Trauma reports should must be made no later than 30 days 
from the date of diagnosis or the date of discharge from the hospital, whichever is later.
B.  A physician, upon request of the board, may shall report to the board any further 
information requested by the board concerning any person now or formerly under that 
physician's care who was diagnosed as having suffered from trauma.
C.  A physician or hospital that reports in good faith in accordance with this section is 
not liable for any civil damages for making the report.
SUMMARY
This bill requires emergency medical services educators and emergency medical 
services training centers to be licensed by the Emergency Medical Services' Board.  Current 
law provides that a person who operates or practices without a license commits a Class E 
crime. The bill specifies that a person must intentionally, knowingly or recklessly operate 
or practice without a license to commit a Class E crime. The bill also provides for a civil 
violation for operating or practicing without a license.  It requires rather than allows 
physicians and hospitals to report trauma information to the board and amends the 
definition of "regional council" to specify that a council is an entity rather than a business 
entity.