Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
380 - STATE BOARD OF NURSING
Chapter 7 - REGULATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF PRELICENSURE NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS

INTRODUCTION

On March 18, 1915, the Legislature, through the power vested in it by the people of the State of Maine, voted approval of an "Act to Create a Board of Examination and Registration of Nurses." This was known as Chapter 139, Public Laws of 1915, and thus began what is today the Maine State Board of Nursing.

Many of the functions required of that first Board continue today, in modified form, as does the basic philosophy expressed over 50 years ago that minimum requirements for schools of nursing were necessary in order to ensure the eligibility of their graduates for licensure in Maine and other states. To quote the original document, "This is just to the pupil and a protection to the public."

Current authorization for the Board of Nursing is found in Title 32, Maine Revised Statutes, Chapter 31, as amended in 1983.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 32 MRSA Section2153-A , 2104(1)(B)