Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4451, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1991, c. 163, is further amended to read:

5. Certification standards. The office shall establish by rule the qualifications, conditions and licensing standards and procedures for the certification and recertification of individuals as code enforcement officers. A code enforcement officer need only be certified in the areas of actual job responsibilities. A person may not be certified or recertified as a code enforcement officer if that person has been convicted of murder or any Class A, Class B or Class C crime or has been convicted of any crime in this or another jurisdiction for which the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed by law exceeds one year. The rules established under this subsection must identify standards for each of the areas of training under subsection 2-A, in addition to general standards that apply to all code enforcement officers.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §4451, sub-§6, ķA, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. A, §45 and Pt. C, §10, is amended to read:

A. The Administrative Court may revoke the certificate of a code enforcement officer, in accordance with Title 4, chapter 25, when it finds that:

(1) The code enforcement officer has practiced fraud or deception;

(2) Reasonable care, judgment or the application of a duly trained and knowledgeable code enforcement officer's ability was not used in the performance of the duties of the office; or

(3) The code enforcement officer is incompetent or unable to perform properly the duties of the office. ; or

(4)__The code enforcement officer has been convicted of murder or any Class A, Class B or Class C crime or has been convicted of any crime in this or another jurisdiction for which the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed by law exceeds one year.