LD 587
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LD 587 Title Page An Act To Repeal the Sales Tax on All Over-the-counter Medications LD 587 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§6-C is enacted to read:

 
6-C.__Medicine.__"Medicine" means all medications and
preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or
the National Formulary for internal or external use and any
substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for the
cure, mitigation or prevention of disease of human beings.

 
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§5 is amended to read:

 
5. Medicines. Sales of medicines for human beings sold on
doctor's prescription.

 
SUMMARY

 
Current law exempts from sales tax the sale of medicine sold
on a doctor's prescription.

 
This bill also exempts from sales tax all over-the-counter
medicine for humans.


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