The Division of Licensing & Certification (DLC) provides regulatory oversight of medical and long-term care facilities in Maine. This includes oversight of the CNA registry, criminal background checks for employers to ensure staff are safe to care for our vulnerable citizens, and investigations into allegations of unsafe practices/events in facilities as diverse as hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and group homes.
Popular Resources
- FOAA Request Form
- CNA registry
- Search for a Licensed Provider
- *See instructions to Search for a Provider here
- CRMA and PSS Training
- Acute Care (non-LTC)
- Nursing Facilities (LTC)
- Non-Medical Agencies
- CMP Reinvestment Program
- Promoting COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations in Nursing Facilities, Assisted Housing, ICF/IIDs
- Recruitment and Retention Toolkit
Looking for a Different Type of Licensing?
- Office of Professional and Occupational Licensing (see list of Professions)
- MD Licensure
- Direct Support Professionals
- Health Inspection Program (licensing of businesses to protect public health including restaurants, lodging, campgrounds, youth camps, public swimming pools and spas, tattooists, micropigmentation, body piercing, electrolysists, school cafeterias, and mass gatherings.)
Complaints
File a complaint (Individual Only) or
Report an Incident (Entity Only) about a Medical facility or provider
Complaint line:
Toll Free: 1-800-383-2441 (207-287-9308)
Home Health & Hospice Hotline:
Toll Free: 1-800-621-8222 (207-287-9302)
Initiatives
- View the AH Rules Revision Listening Session (12/7/2023) on YouTube.
- Visit the DHHS Rulemaking page for more info on the Department's Proposed Rulemaking.
- Current Rules
- Read the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program's suggestions on revising the Assisted Housing rule set.
- Read the LD 1548 Workgroup recommendations to promote quality and transparency in the Provision of Services by Assisted Housing programs that provide Memory Care.
New!
New - Memo - Home Health Providers Two-Year Licensing can be found here.
New - Updated (April 2024) applications for licensing (both initial and renewal) of Multi-Level facilities (SNF/NF and Level IV) and of SNF/NFs can be found here.
New - Changes in Legislation to Temporary Nurse Agencies PLUS a new application as of 10/25/2023 can be found here.
New - Effective 10/25/2023 the Division will no longer be registering Placement Agencies in Maine. (LD 636)