Welcome to the website of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, an agency within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. We appreciate your visit to our homepage, and we look forward to assisting you.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Staff of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation is temporarily displaced while the building located at 76 Northern Avenue in Gardiner, Maine is closed for remediation work. During this temporary displacement, only limited staff will be located at 221 State Street in Augusta, Maine so the best way to contact us to resolve your issue, answer your questions, and continue to deliver high-quality services to consumers and our licensees is by email or by phone or through our other online services.
Thank you, and we look forward to hearing from you.
You may follow this link to the Secretary of State's office to view a list of board members. Members of the public should not contact board members with questions or comments. All questions, comments or any other board-related matters must be directed to the Board’s administrator. (Geraldine.L. Betts@maine.gov 207-624-8625)
Purpose
The State Board of Examiners in Physical Therapy was established to assure the citizens of the State of Maine of the highest standards of practice of physical therapy.
The primary responsibilities of the Board are to conduct examinations of candidates for licensure to practice physical therapy, to verify credentials of applicants, to license and renew upon documentation of continuing education activities, to conduct hearings and investigations upon receipt of complaints pertaining to physical therapy.
Notice Regarding License Verification Requests (PDF)
Effective March 1, 2019, the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation (OPOR) will no longer issue paper license verifications. License verifications are available, free of charge, on OPOR’s official database, https://www.pfr.maine.gov/ALMSOnline/ALMSQuery/Welcome.aspx?board=4390. This database is updated in real time as changes occur. The Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation considers this information to be a secure, primary source for license verification.
Are You a Mandated Reporter?
Maine law requires that medical, mental health and social services personnel immediately report or cause a report to be made to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) when the provider knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that an incapacitated or dependent adult has been or is likely to be abused or neglected or that a suspicious incapacitated or dependent adult death has occurred.
Future correspondence from the Board of Examiners in Physical Therapy will be sent to you by email, so please be sure to keep your contact information current. Follow this link to verify your contact information.
10 Day Notification Requirement
What's New
POLICY ON VETERANS PREFERENCE
Laws/Statutory
Laws enacted by the 130th Legislature
2021 Public Law Chapter 291, (L.D. 791 An Act Regarding Telehealth Regulations) (PDF)
New Laws Take Effect September 19, 2019
Public Law Chapter 503, Part C (LD 1746) - Physical Therapy Board
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1746&snum=129 (PDF)
Brief Synopsis: Repeals the character reference requirement for initial licensing
Public Law Chapter 503, Part A (LD 1746)
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0580&item=8&snum=12 (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.
Public Law Chapter 80 - Effective May 26, 2017 (PDF) - An Act To Allow a Physical Therapist To Administer Certain Coagulation Tests in a Patient's Home
Rulemaking
Current Important Notices/Reminders
Dry Needling by a Licensed Physical Therapist
- Recommended Guideline for the Practice of Dry Needling by Licensed Physical Therapist (PDF)
- Report on Dry Needling and Continuing Education Requirements - Accepted by the Board 1/12/2018 (PDF)
- Maine Board of Examiners in Physical Therapy Advisory Ruling on Dry Needling effective - June 17, 2016 (PDF)