Can Maine shut down a med spa that is operating unlawfully?
Enforcement · part of The Practice Perimeter
The following are grounds for an action to refuse to issue, modify, restrict, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license: aiding or abetting the practice of medicine by an individual who is not licensed under this chapter and who claims to be legally licensed.
32 M.R.S. §3282-A(1)(D) · verified Sep 3, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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Incompetence in the practice for which the licensee is licensed is a ground for discipline. A licensee is considered incompetent in the practice if the licensee has engaged in conduct that evidences a lack of ability or fitness to discharge the duty owed by the licensee to a client or patient or the general public, or engaged in conduct that evidences a lack of knowledge or inability to apply principles or skills to carry out the practice for which the licensee is licensed.
32 M.R.S. §3282-A(1)(E) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Unprofessional conduct is a ground for discipline. A licensee is considered to have engaged in unprofessional conduct if the licensee violates a standard of professional behavior, including engaging in disruptive behavior, that has been established in the practice for which the licensee is licensed.
32 M.R.S. §3282-A(1)(F) · verified Sep 3, 2026
A violation of this chapter or a rule adopted by the board is a ground for an action to refuse to issue, modify, restrict, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license.
32 M.R.S. §3282-A(1)(H) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Prescribing narcotic or hypnotic or other drugs listed as controlled substances by the Drug Enforcement Administration for other than accepted therapeutic purposes is a ground for an action to refuse to issue, modify, restrict, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license.
32 M.R.S. §3282-A(1)(J) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Unless licensed by the board, an individual may not practice medicine or surgery or a branch of medicine or surgery within the State; and whoever, not being duly licensed by the board, practices medicine or surgery or purports to practice medicine or surgery in a way cited in the section, or uses the title Doctor or the letters Dr. or M.D. in connection with that individual's name contrary to the section, commits a Class E crime.
32 M.R.S. §3270 · verified Sep 8, 2026
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