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Laws, Regulations, and Quarantines

The Division of Plant Industry is Maine's plant regulatory agency, responsible for protecting the state's plant resources from the introduction and spread of regulated insects and diseases.

There are a number of laws and rules that guide the Division of Plant Industry's programs. These laws and rules can be broken up into the following categories:

 

Arborists

Bees

Ginseng

Horticulture

Plant Pests & Quarantines

Potatoes

 

Arborists

Statutes:

Title 7 - Agriculture and Animals
Part 5: PLANT INDUSTRY

Chapter 404: ARBORIST LICENSING

Rules:

01 001 Agriculture General

Ch. 751 Arborist Licensing,Testing, and Enforcement (.pdf)

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Bees

Statutes:

Title 7 - Agriculture and Animals
Part 6-A: HONEYBEE INDUSTRY

Chapter 521: LICENSING REQUIREMENTS

Chapter 523: IMPORTATION REQUIREMENTS

Chapter 525: DISEASE CONTROL

Chapter 527: INSPECTION

Chapter 529: PROTECTION FROM DAMAGE

Chapter 531: RULES AND VIOLATIONS

Rules:

01 001 Agriculture General

Ch. 270 Maine Apiary Rules and Regulations

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Horticulture

Statutes:

Title 7 - Agriculture and Animals
Part 5: PLANT INDUSTRY

Chapter 404: ARBORIST LICENSING

Chapter 405-A: HORTICULTURE

Chapter 406: GINSENG

Rules:

01 001 Agriculture General

Ch. 250 American Ginseng

Ch. 267 License Fees to Sell Nursery Stock

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Plant Pests & Quarantines

Statutes:

Title 7 - Agriculture and Animals
Part 5: PLANT INDUSTRY

Chapter 409: QUARANTINES

Chapter 410: PEST CONTROL COMPACT

Chapter 413: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

Rules:

01 001 Agriculture General

Ch. 30 Quarantine (Potato) (Columbia Root Knot Nematode)

Ch. 266 Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Quarantine

Ch. 268 Pine Shoot Beetle Quarantine

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Potatoes

Statutes:

Title 7 - Agriculture and Animals
Part 5: PLANT INDUSTRY

Chapter 401: CERTIFIED SEED

Chapter 403: SEED POTATO BOARD

Chapter 411: CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF POTATO PESTS AND DISEASES

Rules:

01 001 Agriculture General

Ch. 30 Quarantine (Potato)

Ch. 252 Regulations Governing Certification of Seed Potatoes in State of Maine

Ch. 253 Official Seed Potato Grade for Maine Certified Seed Potatoes

Ch. 255 Imported Seed Potatoes

Ch. 257 Rules Governing the Establishment and Operation of Seed Potato Production Areas

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