Every program with clinicals, from nursing and radiography to respiratory therapy, surgical technology, medical lab, PTA and OTA, dental hygiene, EMS and medical assisting, answers to each clinical site’s own requirement list. This page collects verified Maine facts for program directors and clinical coordinators, including the Maine State Board of Nursing and the Maine Community College System, with a link to each official source, and shows how Drug Free Schools helps.
Maine facts for program directors
- Board of Nursing. The Maine State Board of Nursing lists its approved educational programs in professional (RN) nursing on its website. (source)
- Licensure background check. Maine requires a fingerprint-based criminal background check for all initial LPN, RN and APRN license applicants and for licensure by endorsement. (source)
- Licensure background check. The Maine State Board of Nursing uses IdentoGO as its exclusive fingerprinting vendor. (source)
- Licensure background check. Maine nursing applicants must repeat the criminal background check if the original result is more than 90 days old. (source)
- Community and technical colleges. More than 33,000 students a year attend Maine's seven community colleges in the Maine Community College System. (source)
Checked 18 October 2026 against each official source. Rules change; confirm with the agency, your accreditor and your clinical sites.
What this means for your program
Each clinical site sends its own requirement list, and each list changes. When a TB result, flu shot or CPR card lapses mid-term, the site can pull the student until it is fixed. Tracking every item to its date, and seeing who is not cleared before rotations start, keeps placements on schedule. Your clinical sites and affiliation agreements still decide the exact list; the free requirements checklist covers what programs most often collect.
How Drug Free Schools helps Maine programs
One clinical compliance tracking portal for every program at your school ($30 per student, one time; every upload reviewed within 24 hours), plus drug screens on campus or at any Quest location, name-based background checks and on-campus N95 fit testing. See pricing.
Drug Free Schools does not take fingerprints. Our background checks are name-based. If the Maine State Board of Nursing or a clinical site requires a fingerprint check, students use the provider it names, such as Fieldprint, IdentoGO or the local police department.
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Frequently asked questions
Who approves nursing programs in Maine?
The Maine State Board of Nursing. Its list of approved nursing programs is on the board’s website.
What does Maine require on criminal history for nursing licensure?
Maine requires a fingerprint-based criminal background check for all initial LPN, RN and APRN license applicants and for licensure by endorsement. That licensure step is separate from the name-based background check students complete before clinicals.
What is Maine’s community and technical college system?
More than 33,000 students a year attend Maine's seven community colleges in the Maine Community College System.
Do you take fingerprints?
No. Our background checks are name-based. If the Maine State Board of Nursing or a clinical site requires fingerprints, students use the provider it names, such as Fieldprint or IdentoGO, or their local police department.
Sources
- Maine Board of Nursing: RN Nursing Programs
- Maine Board of Nursing: Criminal Background Checks
- Maine Community College System
This page summarizes Maine agency and official pages as checked on 18 October 2026, with a link to each source. Rules change; confirm with the agency, your school, your accreditor and your clinical sites. Nothing on this page is legal advice. Quest Diagnostics, Fieldprint and IdentoGO are trademarks of their respective owners.