Maine Statutes and Electricians' Examining Board Rules
Maine licenses electricians under Title 32, Chapter 17 of the Maine Revised Statutes, administered by the Electricians' Examining Board within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation's Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation. This domain tests the framework rather than the wiring: who may contract, who may supervise, what a limited or low-voltage license actually covers, and what the Board treats as a violation.
License tiers define scope
Maine issues master, journeyman, limited, and apprentice/helper credentials, and the limited tier carries a written scope tied to defined low-energy or specialty systems. The operative question on the exam is always the scope of the license, never the voltage of the circuit. Advertising, contracting, and permit signatures are reserved to the tier the Board authorizes.
Board rules that change
The Board adopts the edition of NFPA 70 in force by rule, sets continuing-education hours and code-update content, sets renewal cycles and fees, and approves examinations. Because those numbers are amended, verify the current code edition and CE hours with the Board before an exam cycle rather than relying on a prep book.
Prohibited conduct and discipline
Unlicensed practice, lending or borrowing a license, false representation of credentials, signing for work you did not supervise, and working outside a license limitation are all grounds for discipline, up to suspension or revocation plus civil penalties.
Worked example
A limited licensee is asked to add a 120 V receptacle to feed a plug-in transformer for landscape lighting. The line-voltage branch circuit is outside the limited scope: permit and installation belong to a master or journeyman under proper supervision. The licensee may install the Class 2 side downstream of the listed transformer, inside the permit issued for that work.
Traps
Assuming a low-voltage installer needs no Maine license at all; assuming a license follows the employer rather than the individual; assuming state licensure removes local permit obligations.