Section 181-3-1.1 - Purpose and ScopeA. Title 26, Chapter 37, §3202 authorizes and directs the Maine Apprenticeship Program to formulate and promote the labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of pre-apprentices by requiring the inclusion of the standards in contracts of pre-apprenticeship.B. The purpose of this regulation is to set forth labor standards to safeguard the welfare of pre-apprentices, by prescribing rules and regulations concerning the certification of acceptable, high-quality pre-apprenticeship programs. These labor standards, rules and regulations cover the certification, termination, and decertification of pre-apprenticeship programs and of pre-apprenticeship agreements, and matters relating thereto. The Maine Apprenticeship Program shall assist the Department of Education, the State's Community Colleges, and other groups in establishing pre-apprenticeship training programs, and in developing training courses, the successful completion of which will enable a participant to meet the qualifying standards for the registered apprenticeship or apprenticeships for which the participant has expressed a serious interest. All certified pre-apprenticeship training programs are subject to approval by the Maine Apprenticeship Program.C. The provisions of this regulation shall apply to a person, firm, corporation, or craft only after such person, firm, corporation, or craft has voluntarily elected to conform to these provisions.12-181 C.M.R. ch. 3, § 1.1