Welcome to the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation

Welcome to the website of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, an agency within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. We appreciate your visit to our homepage and we look forward to assisting you.

The Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation (OPOR) and its licensing boards and programs are established for the sole purpose of protecting the public by licensing qualified individuals in each professional area and by imposing discipline on licensed individuals and entities to prevent harm to the public.

Many of our licensing services are available online: https://www.pfr.maine.gov/ALMSonline/Welcome.aspx

Links to COVID-19 information and resources are available at https://www.maine.gov/covid19/.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  Staff of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation will be temporarily displaced while the building located at 76 Northern Avenue in Gardiner, Maine is closed for remediation work.  During this temporary displacement, only limited staff will be located at 221 State Street in Augusta, Maine so the best way to contact us to resolve your issue, answer your questions, and continue to deliver high-quality services to consumers and our licensees is by email or by phone or through our other online services.

Thank you, and we look forward to hearing from you.