Board of Complementary Health Care Providers - Laws & Rules

See also Title 5Title 10 and OLR Rules Chapters 10, 11 and 13 for administrative and departmental provisions applicable to this profession.

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Enacted Legislation

Public Law Effective Date

Public Law Chapter 269 (LD 1105) An Act To Allow Acupuncture Detoxification Specialists To Administer an Auricular Acupuncture Treatment for Substance Use and Co-occurring Disorders
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?PID=1456&snum=129&paper=&paperld=l&ld=1105 (PDF)
Brief Synopsis: Creates a new license category for Auricular Detoxification Specialist; acronyms (A.D.S. or L.A.D.S)

Public Law Chapter 265 (LD 364) An Act to Establish the Right to Practice Complementary and Alternative Health Care Act
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?PID=1456&snum=129&paper=&paperld=l&ld=364 (PDF)

Public Law Chapter 426 (LD 443) An Act to Prevent Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding and Eye Damage in Infants
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=443&PID=1456&snum=129 (PDF)
This is a DHHS/CDC mandate that references professional midwives

Public Law Chapter 503, Part A (LD 1746)
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0580&item=8&snum=129 (PDF)
Brief Summary: Expands grounds for discipline to include failure to provide to a patient, upon written request, a copy of that patient's treatment records within a reasonable amount of time as may be determined by the applicable board.

September 19, 2019