7.__Register.__The department shall make available, at cost, a register containing the names of all individuals licensed by the board.

8.__Officers.__The board shall elect from among its members a chair, a secretary and other officers as it determines necessary.__ The secretary shall keep records and minutes of all activities and meetings.

9.__Code of ethics.__The board shall adopt a code of ethics generally in keeping with standards established by the national professional associations concerned with the areas of board responsibility.

10.__Hearings.__The board shall conduct hearings in conformity with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act to assist with investigations and to determine whether grounds exist for suspension, revocation or denial of a license, or as otherwise determined necessary to the fulfillment of its responsibilities under this chapter.

§14005.__Issuance of licenses

1.__Application; qualifications.__The board shall issue an apprentice license, a home inspector license or a professional inspector license to any person who has successfully complied with the application process established by the board, paid the required fee established under section 14007 and who meets the following qualifications:

A.__To be licensed as a professional inspector:

(1)__An applicant meets the requirements and has been licensed as an apprentice inspector for at least 3 months and licensed as a home inspector for at least 12 months and has performed at least 175 home inspections under indirect supervision before filing an application;

(2)__An applicant for an original professional inspector license submits satisfactory evidence to the board of successful completion of not fewer than 30 classroom hours of core home inspection courses and 8 classroom hours related to the study of standards of practice, legal issues or ethics related to the profession of home inspection.__These classroom hours