Division of Licensing and Certification

The Division of Licensing & Certification (DLC) provides regulatory oversight of medical and long-term care facilities in Maine. This includes oversight of the CNA registry, criminal background checks for employers to ensure staff are safe to care for our vulnerable citizens, and investigations into allegations of unsafe practices/events in facilities as diverse as hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and group homes.

Sentinel Events

22 MRSA §8753 requires hospitals/healthcare facilities, ambulatory surgical centers, end stage renal disease facilities, and intermediate care facilities for people with intellectual disabilities to report certain serious events to the Division of Licensing and Certification.

Report a Facility Incident

Note: This guidance is for employees of a facility, agency, or center who wish to report an incident on behalf of the facility, agency, or center only. See page File a Complaint for guidance if you are not an employee of the facility, agency, or center of if you are an employee but wish to file an incident as an individual and not on behalf of the facility, agency, or center.

To report an incident, please complete the online form.  

Minimum Data Set Training

The MDS is a powerful tool for implementing standardized assessment and for facilitating care management in nursing homes (NHs) and non-critical access hospital swing beds (SBs). Its content has implications for residents, families, providers, researchers, and policymakers.

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