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.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Staff of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation is 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.
Please contact us by email or by phone or through our other online services, and we will assist you. Thank you, and we look forward to hearing from you.
The staff of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation
Updated Guidance and Retiring of Covid-19 Prevention Checklists, May 26, 2021 (PDF)
Notice Regarding License Verification Requests (PDF)
Effective March 1, 2019, the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation (OPOR) will no longer issue paper license verifications. License verifications are available, free of charge, on OPOR’s official database, https://www.pfr.maine.gov/ALMSOnline/ALMSQuery/Welcome.aspx?board=4530. This database is updated in real time as changes occur. The Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation considers this information to be a secure, primary source for license verification.
Future correspondence from the Elevator and Tramway Safety Program will be sent to you by email, so please be sure to keep your contact information current. Follow this link to verify your contact information.
NEW ELEVATOR OWNER FORMS AND INFORMATION:
If you have recently purchased a building with a State of Maine licensed elevator located on the premises responsibility for operation, maintenance, inspection and annual certification of the elevator rests with you. To ensure compliance with Maine laws please be sure to review your legal obligations:
- NEW ELEVATOR OWNER APPLICATION (PDF) (to be completed and submitted within 10 business days of purchase)
- CRITICAL INFORMATION FOR OWNERS OF ELEVATORS IN MAINE BROCHURE (PDF)
- ANNUAL ELEVATOR CERTIFICATE RENEWAL (online annual renewal link)
- ANNUAL RENEWAL APPLICATION GUIDE (PDF)
- ELEVATOR & TRAMWAY SAFETY PROGRAM LAWS & RULES (PDF)
What's New
NOTICE CONCERNING DELIVERY OF ELEVATOR/TRAMWAY INDIVIDUAL LICENSES
Individual Elevator/Tramway licenses are now delivered to licensees via email. Unit certificate renewal reminders and renewed certificates are emailed to the elevator owner. The email sender is displayed as "noreply@maine.gov" and the subject as "YOUR OFFICIAL (license type) LICENSE IS ATTACHED". Paper licenses will NOT be mailed to individual licensees with an email address on file with the Program.
You have the opportunity to update your contact information when you renew your license online or you may update your email address and other contact information anytime here.
Informational
Licensed Elevator Inspectors contact list (PDF). Or click on the "Licensee Search" link to the right to search for a license/permit.
Rulemaking
Notice of Agency proposed rulemaking - Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Chapter 10 - Establishment of License Fees (PDF)
Statutory Changes, or Proposals
Laws and Rules
Elevator & Tramway Safety Program Laws & Rules (PDF)
Owner Information & Forms
Annual Elevator Certificate Application Form (PDF)
Annual Tramway Certificate Application Form (PDF)
New Elevator Owner Application (PDF)
Critical Information for Owners of Elevators in Maine Brochure (PDF)
Elevator Plan Transmittal Form (PDF)