Code of Maine Rules
12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
181 - MAINE STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPRENTICESHIP
Chapter 1 - RULES RELATING TO LABOR STANDARDS FOR REGISTRATION OF APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
Section 181-1-3 - Eligibility and Procedure for Maine Apprenticeship Program Registration

A. No apprenticeship program or agreement shall be eligible for registration with the Maine Apprenticeship Program unless it is in conformity with the requirements of Chapter 37 and this regulation, and the training is in an apprenticeable occupation requiring not less than 2,000 hours of on job work experience and the characteristics set forth in MRS Title 26, Chapter 37 B. Apprentices must be individually registered under a registered program. Such registration shall be affected by filing copies of each apprenticeship agreement with the Maine Apprenticeship Program. Registration shall be reserved for those desiring to learn an occupation through reasonably continuous employment. Agreements shall not be registered for persons desiring only interim work or employed on a substantially shorter work week than is prevailing in the industry. This, however, does not apply to students pursuing a course of study in the same trade or closely related to the trade for which application is being made for registration.

C. The Maine Apprenticeship Program shall be notified within 45 days of persons who have successfully completed apprenticeship programs; and of transfers, suspensions, and cancellations of apprenticeship agreements and a statement of the reasons therefore.

D. Approved apprenticeship programs shall be accorded registration, evidenced by a certificate of registration.

E. Any modification(s) or change(s) to registered standards shall be promptly submitted to the Maine Apprenticeship Program and if approved, shall be recorded and acknowledged as a revision of such standards.

F. The request for registration, together with all documents and data required by Chapter 37 and this regulation, shall be submitted to the Maine Apprenticeship Program.

H. Where the employees to be trained have no collective bargaining agent, an apprenticeship program may be proposed for registration by an employer or group of employers.

I. If the sponsor is involved in any abnormal labor condition such as a strike, lockout, or other similar condition, the application for an apprenticeship program may be withheld until such issue is resolved.

J. If it should be determined by the Bureau that a sponsor is in violation of any Federal or State Labor laws or rules and regulations affecting registration of programs, the application for an apprenticeship program may be withheld until such issues are resolved.