Welcome to the website of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation (OPOR), an agency within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. We appreciate your visit to our site and we look forward to assisting you. OPOR’s Gardiner office is open to the public from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. While you are welcome to visit our offices, for faster service, we encourage you to take advantage of our many online services.
To ensure that someone is available to assist you, we recommend that you schedule an appointment in advance. Please contact us by email or by phone or through our other online services, and we will assist you. After making an appointment, click on this link for directions.
Purpose
Massage Therapy Licensure was established to provide for the regulation of persons offering massage therapy services, in order to safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare, and to protect the public from incompetent and unauthorized persons in the State of Maine.
The primary responsibilities of the Office is to review and approve qualified applicants for licensure as a licensed massage therapists, to promulgate rules as necessary, to investigate complaints, and to take appropriate disciplinary action for noncompliance with current laws and rules.
Notice Regarding License Verification Requests
License verifications is available at no charge by visiting Massage Therapy Licensing online licensing portal. OPOR does not issue paper license verifications.
Future correspondence from the Massage Therapy Licensure Program 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
What's New
Informational
Approved Massage Therapy Programs
Notices
NOTICE CONCERNING DELIVERY OF MASSAGE THERAPY LICENSES
Massage Therapy licenses are now delivered to licensees via email. The email sender is displayed as "noreply@maine.gov" and the subject as "YOUR OFFICIAL (license type) LICENSE IS ATTACHED". Paper licenses will NOT be mailed to licensees with an email address on file with the Board.
You have the opportunity to update your contact information when you renew your license online or you may update your email address and other contact information anytime here.