Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-A, sub-§17, as amended by PL 1999, c. 687, Pt. B, §1, is further amended to read:

17. State Board $35/Day 32 MRSA @5004

of Licensure for Profes- §5505

sional of Foresters

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §8868, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 555, §10, is amended to read:

3. Professional forester. "Professional forester" means a person licensed pursuant to Title 32, chapter 75 76.

Sec. 3. 32 MRSA c. 75, as amended is repealed.

Sec. 4. 32 MRSA c. 76 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 76

FORESTER LICENSING

SUBCHAPTER 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§5501.__Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1.__Board.__"Board" means the Board of Licensure of Foresters.

2.__Department.__"Department" means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation.

3.__Forester.__"Forester" means a person licensed under this chapter to practice forestry.

4.__Forestry.__"Forestry" means services relating to forestry requiring the application of forestry principles and techniques.__ The services include, but are not limited to, investigations, consultations, timber inventory, development of forest management plans, responsible supervision of forest management, forest utilization, appraisal of severed or unsevered timber, forest economics or other forestry activities as carried out in connection with any public or private lands.__"Forestry" does not include services for the physical implementation of