Medicine · Maine
Maine for clinical AI workflows
Maine in clinical AI workflows: what compliance requires, who asks for evidence, and the records to keep.
01 / State law
Maine's AI laws
| Law | Status | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| AI chatbot disclosure in consumer transactions | In force | Bars using an AI chatbot in trade or commerce in a way that may lead a reasonable consumer to think they are dealing with a human unless clearly told otherwise; a violation is an Unfair Trade Practices Act violation. |
| Synthetic media in campaign advertising | In force | Campaign communications containing deceptive synthetic media of a candidate must carry a set 'manipulated or altered' disclaimer; Ethics Commission civil penalties up to 500% of the expenditure; satire and parody excluded. |
| AI in therapy and psychotherapy services | In force | Prohibits offering therapy or psychotherapy through AI unless provided by a licensed professional and limits how licensed professionals may use AI in therapeutic communication. |
| Threatened dissemination of private images, including AI-generated images | In force | Extends crimes for threatened unauthorized dissemination of private sexual images to artificially generated or altered images of a person. |
02 / In this sector
In a clinical AI workflow
Maine has no comprehensive AI statute; it requires businesses to disclose AI chatbots that could be mistaken for humans (2025), criminalizes threatened dissemination of AI-generated private images (2025), and in 2026 added a synthetic media disclaimer for campaign ads and limits on AI in therapy. A 2026 bill on children's access to AI companion chatbots did not pass.
Clinical committees and health system AI governance.
HHS §1557 · HIPAA · FDA PCCP.
Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits
Keep a record anyone can check
When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.
A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.
The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.
Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.
A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.
SOURCES
Go back to the source
Transparency Coalition
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