Sections
Subchapter 1 Board of Complementary Health Care Providers 12501 – 12506
Subchapter 2 Acupuncture Licensing Requirements and Scope of Practice 12511 – 12516
Subchapter 3 Naturopathic Medicine Licensing Requirements and Scope of Practice 12521 – 12526
Subchapter 4 Midwifery Licensing Requirements and Scope of Practice 12531 – 12543
Subchapter 5 Auricular Acupuncture Detoxification Licensing Requirements and Scope of Practice 12551 – 12554
Subchapter 6 Complementary and Alternative Health Care 12601 – 12602
Subchapter 7 Telehealth Services 12611 – 12615

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 32 > Chapter 113-B - Complementary Health Care Providers

  • Accreditation commission for midwifery education: means the United States Department of Education-recognized commission approved in rules adopted by the board that provides accreditation, pre-accreditation of certificate, graduate and precertification programs that meet the national college of nurse midwives core competencies for midwifery practice. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Acupuncture: means the insertion of fine metal needles through the skin at specific points on or near the surface of the body with or without the palpation of specific points on the body and with or without the application of electric current or heat to the needles or skin, or both. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Acupuncture detoxification specialist: means an individual licensed under this chapter to practice auricular acupuncture detoxification. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Acupuncture intern: means an acupuncture student enrolled in an acupuncture internship program approved by the board that involves practical training, including needle insertion on human subjects. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Approved naturopathic medical college: means a college or program granting the degree of doctor of naturopathic medicine or doctor of naturopathy approved by the board that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Asynchronous encounter: means an interaction between a patient and a person licensed under this chapter through a system that has the ability to store digital information, including, but not limited to, still images, video files, audio files, text files and other relevant data, and to transmit such information without requiring the simultaneous presence of the patient and the person licensed under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12611
  • Board: means the Board of Complementary Health Care Providers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Certified midwife: means an individual who holds a current and valid national certification as a certified midwife from the national midwifery certification board and is licensed under this chapter to practice midwifery. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Certified professional midwife: means an individual who holds a current and valid national certification as a certified professional midwife from the national registry of midwives and is licensed under this chapter and practices midwifery. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Code: means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and amendments to that Code as of December 31, 2022. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Commission: means the Maine Milk Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Dealer: means any person who purchases or receives milk for sale as the consignee or agent of a producer, or handles for sale, shipment, storage or processing within the State and shall include a producer-dealer and a sub-dealer, but shall not include a store other than an integrated operation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951
  • Department: means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Homeopathic preparation: means medicine prepared according to the "Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States Revised Service" (Nov. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Infant: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • International confederation of midwives: means a nongovernmental organization, approved in rules adopted by the board, representing midwives and midwifery associations that authors international standards for education and essential competencies for practice. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Market: means any city, town or parts thereof of the State, or 2 or more of the same or parts thereof designated by the commission as a natural marketing area. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951
  • Midwife: means a person who practices midwifery. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Midwifery: includes consultation with or referral to medical and other health care providers when indicated by client health care needs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Midwifery bridge certificate: means a certificate issued by the national registry of midwives that documents completion of accredited continuing education for certified professional midwives based upon identified areas to address education in emergency skills and other competencies set by the international confederation of midwives. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Midwifery education accreditation council: means the United States Department of Education-recognized commission that provides accreditation for programs and institutions that meet the national midwives alliance core competencies, the international confederation of midwives competencies and the national registry of midwives skills and standards for basic midwifery practice. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Milk: means any of the following, regardless of the presence of any flavoring:
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Municipality: shall include cities, towns and plantations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501
  • National acupuncture detoxification association: means the national organization that provides training in auricular acupuncture detoxification, as specified in rules by the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • National association of certified professional midwives: means the national professional and standard-setting association for certified professional midwives approved in rules adopted by the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • National college of nurse midwives: means the national professional and standard-setting organization for midwives certified by the national midwifery certification board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • National midwifery certification board: means the national certifying body, approved in rules adopted by the board, for candidates in midwifery who have received graduate-level education in programs accredited by the accreditation commission for midwifery education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • National midwives alliance: means the national midwifery organization, approved in rules adopted by the board, that has articulated core competencies for midwives. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • National registry of midwives: means the organization that sets national standards for the certified professional midwife credential approved in rules adopted by the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Natural antibiotics: means antimicrobial, antifungal and antiprotozoal agents that are naturally occurring substances or are manufactured substances that are substantially identical to those naturally occurring substances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Naturopathic acupuncture: means the insertion of acupuncture needles into specific points on the skin to treat human disease and impairment and to relieve pain. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Naturopathic doctor: means a person authorized and licensed to practice naturopathic medicine under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Naturopathic manipulative therapy: means the manually administered or mechanical treatment of body structures or tissues in accordance with naturopathic principles for the purpose of restoring normal physiological function to the body by normalizing and balancing the musculoskeletal system of the body. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Naturopathic medicine: means a system of health care for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human health conditions, injuries and diseases that uses education, natural medicines and therapies to support and stimulate the individual's intrinsic self-healing processes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Notice: means written notification served personally, sent by certified mail or sent by first-class mail to the last known address of the person for whom the notification is intended. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Office procedures: means methods for the repair and care incidental to superficial lacerations and abrasions, superficial lesions and the removal of foreign bodies located in the superficial tissues. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other association or organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association or other unit, and the State and all political subdivisions or agencies thereof, except state owned and operated institutions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951
  • Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, society, club, corporation, financial institution, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, assignee or any other group or combination acting as a unit, the State or Federal Government or any political subdivision or agency of either government. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Producer: means any person who produces milk and sells such milk only to dealers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 2951
  • Property: shall be construed to mean both real estate and personal property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501
  • Qualified midwife preceptor: means a licensed and experienced midwife, or other health professional licensed in this State, who participates in the clinical education of individuals enrolled in a midwifery education program accredited by the midwifery education accreditation council or accreditation commission for midwifery education and who meets the criteria for midwife preceptors set forth by the organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Return: means any document, digital file or electronic data transmission containing information required by this Title to be reported to the State Tax Assessor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • State paper: means the newspaper designated by the Legislature, in which advertisements and notices are required to be published. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Store and forward transfer: means the transmission of a patient's records through a secure electronic system to a person licensed under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12611
  • Synchronous encounter: means a real-time interaction conducted with an interactive audio or video connection between a patient and a person licensed under this chapter or between a person licensed under this chapter and another health care provider. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12611
  • Tax: means the total amount required to be paid, withheld and paid over or collected and paid over with respect to estimated or actual tax liability under this Title, any credit or reimbursement allowed or paid pursuant to this Title that is recoverable by the assessor and any amount assessed by the assessor pursuant to this Title, including any interest or penalties provided by law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Telehealth services: means health care services delivered through the use of information technology and includes synchronous encounters, asynchronous encounters, store and forward transfers and telemonitoring. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12611
  • Telemonitoring: means the use of information technology to remotely monitor a patient's health status via electronic means, allowing the person licensed under this chapter to track the patient's health data over time. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12611
  • Topical medicine: means topical analgesics, anesthetics, antiseptics, scabicides, antifungals and antibacterials. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 12501
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.