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1.__Establishment; purpose.__The Office of Substance Abuse or its
successor shall establish the Maine Meth Watch Program to educate
retailers, retail employees and the public in order to help curtail
suspicious sales and the theft of methamphetamine precursor drugs
as defined in Title 17-A, section 1101, subsection 4-A, and to
identify the location of illicit methamphetamine manufacturing.

 
2.__Rulemaking.__The Office of Substance Abuse may adopt rules
to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Rules adopted pursuant
to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in
Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

 
Sec. 6. 32 MRSA §13702, sub-§25-B is enacted to read:

 
25-B.__Targeted methamphetamine precursor.__"Targeted
methamphetamine precursor" means:

 
A.__Any product containing any amount of ephedrine,
pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine or their salts,
isomers or salts of isomers, either alone or in combination
with other ingredients, in dry or solid nonliquid form; and

 
B.__Any product containing any amount of ephedrine,
pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine or their salts,
isomers or salts of isomers, either alone or in combination
with other ingredients, in liquid, liquid-filled capsule or
glycerin matrix form if such products are designated as
targeted methamphetamine precursors by rule adopted by the
Department of Public Safety pursuant to section 13795,
subsection 5, paragraph A.

 
Sec. 7. 32 MRSA §13795, as amended by PL 1997, c. 437, §46, is
further amended to read:

 
§13795. Photographic proof of identification; discretion to sell

 
or dispense; immunity

 
1. Photographic proof of identification. As a precondition
to filling any prescription or, dispensing any drug, or selling
any targeted methamphetamine precursor, a pharmacist or person
acting at the direction of a pharmacist may demand, inspect and
record proof of identification, including valid photographic
identification, from any patient presenting a prescription or any
person acting on behalf of the patient or person purchasing a
targeted methamphetamine precursor. Valid photographic
identification includes but is not limited to the following:

 
A. A valid Maine motor vehicle operator's license;


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