18- 554 C.M.R. ch. 11, § II-12

Current through 2024-44, October 30, 2024

Section 554-11-II-12 - Application for Qualification

Summary: This section establishes the requirements for an application for qualification.

1.Advertisement

A.Timing. At least every two years the Bureau shall review and, at its discretion, amend the schedule prepared pursuant to section 11(1), supra. The Bureau then shall publish one or more advertisements that it is accepting applications for qualification in accordance with 5 M.R.S.A. §1742(6). The Bureau shall not accept an application for qualification unless the application is received in response to and in accordance with the advertisement referred to in this subsection.

B. Publication. The Bureau shall publish the advertisement in the Kennebec Journal, the Maine Sunday Telegram, the Bangor Daily News, and the Lewiston Sun Journal. The Bureau also may publish the advertisement on an appropriate State web site, as well as in professional journals or other publications that the Bureau determines would be an effective means of communicating the notice that it is accepting applications.

2.Application Required

An individual or organization seeking qualification shall submit to the Bureau, in response to the advertisement referred to in subsection 12(1), a completed application in accordance with the provisions of 5 M.R.S.A. §1742(6) and this Chapter.

3.Form of Application

Applications for qualification must be on a form or forms made available by the Bureau. Applications will be designed to elicit information relevant to the various fields of expertise listed in the schedule and be sufficient to permit the Bureau to determine whether the applicant satisfies, for the particular service applied for, the standards prescribed by section 21(2), infra, of this Chapter. The Bureau shall reject any application that the Bureau determines is incomplete or non-responsive.

4.Application for Qualification in More than One Profession

An individual or organization that submits an application for qualification may indicate on that same application interest in providing one or more additional services the applicant claims to be capable of performing. For each such service, however, the applicant must provide sufficient information and, to be qualified, meet the standards prescribed in section 21(2), infra, of this Chapter. At its discretion, the Bureau may opt to not consider a service indicated on the application if incomplete or non-responsive information is provided with respect to such service.

5.Time for Filing Application

An individual or organization shall submit to the Bureau an application for qualification within the time specified in the advertisement. The Bureau shall reject any application received after the time specified.

18- 554 C.M.R. ch. 11, § II-12

EFFECTIVE DATE:
June 5, 2005 - filing 2005-193

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 5 M.R.S.A. §1742(6)