| This bill makes several changes to Maine's arborist |
licensing laws designed to simplify the current arborist |
licensing laws and to provide the public with additional |
protection against unprofessional conduct of arborists doing |
business in the State. The changes bring the current law into |
conformity with actual practices in the arborist profession |
and allow individuals who are certified by the International |
Society of Arboriculture, ISA, which currently maintains a |
testing and certification process as rigorous as the |
Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resource's |
examination, providing the ISA testing process does not drop |
below the standards set forth in the State's arborist |
licensing law. The bill provides the department with the |
opportunity to suspend, revoke or refuse to issue or renew an |
arborist license, pursuant to other relevant statutes or |
provides the District Court with the opportunity to suspend, |
revoke or refuse to renew a license, if an arborist pursues a |
continued course of unprofessional conduct as demonstrated by |
repeated verified complaints against the licensed arborist. |