130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 295
H.P. 208 House of Representatives, February 3, 2021
An Act To Repeal Restrictions That Prohibit Certain Advanced
Practice Registered Nurses from Providing Essential Health Care
Services
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 1, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered
printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative PERRY of Calais.
Cosponsored by Representatives: HEPLER of Woolwich, MEYER of Eliot.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §2102, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 316, §1, is further
3 amended by repealing the 2nd blocked paragraph.
4 Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §2102, sub-§10, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 316, §2, is
5 repealed.
6 SUMMARY
7 This bill eliminates a provision in law requiring that a certified nurse practitioner who
8 qualifies as an advanced practice registered nurse must practice, for at least 24 months,
9 under the supervision of a physician or supervising nurse practitioner or be employed by a
10 clinic or hospital that has a medical director who is a licensed physician. The bill also
11 removes a requirement that a certified nurse practitioner must complete 24 months of
12 supervised practice to be a supervising nurse practitioner.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 295, HP 208: 32.2102