Maine’s Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory provides critical and specialized expertise in laboratory services to protect the health and environment for all of Maine. Our team addresses these challenges through a wide variety of testing to detect, investigate, prevent, and control these public health hazards.
Maine's Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory provides critical and specialized expertise in laboratory services to protect the health and environment for all of Maine. Our team addresses these challenges through a wide variety of testing to detect, investigate, prevent, and control these public health hazards.
The Health Inspection Program has assembled a list of courses and instructors to assist licensees and businesses. The Program will consider other training opportunities on a case-by-case basis. Listing of any particular product or service on this site does not constitute Division preference or recommendation of that product or service over any similar product or service.
Submit completed applications via U.S. Postal Service 30 days prior to your event or opening date for the Department to process, review and conduct an inspection of your establishment. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed and will be returned for completion. A business must not operate until an inspection is performed, and a license is issued. Operating without a license is against the law and fines may be assessed. Application via email using a credit card is currently unavailable.
The Radiation Control Program, through an agreement with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has the authority to license the possession and use of radioactive materials within the State of Maine.
There are currently 86 radioactive materials licensees within the State of Maine. These include hospitals, construction companies, lead-in-paint testers, paper mills, energy production facilities and colleges and universities. Out-of-state companies entering the state to work must register with the program, pay an annual fee, and file notices when performing work in-state.
Are you looking to open an ultraviolet light tanning facility?
The purpose of the Indoor Tanning program is to license (permit) and inspect commercial tanning facilities, as well as increase the public's knowledge of the hazards of indoor tanning, minimize user injuries and prevent tanning access by minors. If you wish to open a tanning facility or add tanning devices to your current business, you must obtain an operating license. The Maine CDC must inspect and approve facilities as a prerequisite to issuing an operating license.
The Maine Radiation Control Program X-ray section is staffed by Bob Stilwell and Dan Quesada. The x-ray section registers approximately 1100 x-ray facilities. There is an annual registration fee per x-ray machine and a requirement for periodic inspections. These inspections are performed by third party qualified experts who are approved by the agency.
Mammographic facilities are inspected annually by the State for compliance with the Mammography Quality Standards Act. There are 59 registered diagnostic mammographic facilities in Maine.
The Maine Radiation Control Program is the State's program that protects the health and safety of Maine from the harmful effects of radiation, minimizes unnecessary radiation exposure by licensing and inspecting human-made and natural radiation sources, provides oversight of low-level radioactive waste generators and radioactive emergency preparedness and response, and conducts environmental surveillance of nuclear facilities to minimize the public health impact associated with radon in air and water.
