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Title 32, Chapter 117: MAINE PHARMACY ACT

Subchapter 1: TITLE AND DEFINITIONS

32 §13701. Short title 
32 §13702. Definitions (REPEALED) 
32 §13702-A. Definitions 

Subchapter 2: MAINE BOARD OF PHARMACY

32 §13711. Establishment 
32 §13712. Membership 
32 §13713. Qualifications 
32 §13714. Appointment 
32 §13715. Terms of office (REPEALED) 
32 §13715-A. Terms of office 
32 §13716. Organization 
32 §13717. Compensation (REPEALED) 
32 §13718. Meetings 
32 §13719. Employees (REPEALED) 
32 §13720. Rules 
32 §13721. Licensure and discipline 
32 §13722. Medications, drugs, devices and other materials 
32 §13723. Other duties, powers and authority 
32 §13724. Fees 
32 §13725. Insulin Safety Net Program (WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1/01/27) (WHOLE SECTION TEXT REPEALED 1/01/27) 

Subchapter 3: LICENSING

32 §13731. Unlawful practice; penalties; injunctions 
32 §13732. Qualifications for licensure by examination 
32 §13733. Qualifications for licensure by endorsement (REPEALED) 
32 §13733-A. Licensure by endorsement 
32 §13734. Renewal of licenses 
32 §13735. Continuing pharmacy education 

Subchapter 4: DISCIPLINE

32 §13741. Informal conference (REPEALED) 
32 §13742. Grounds for discipline (REPEALED) 
32 §13742-A. Denial or refusal to renew license; disciplinary sanctions; crimes; criminal prosecutions 
32 §13743. Reinstatement 

Subchapter 5: PHARMACY FACILITIES

32 §13751. Registration 
32 §13752. Application 
32 §13752-A. Site inspection required 
32 §13753. Notifications 
32 §13754. Violations and penalties 
32 §13755. Vaccine clinics 
32 §13756. Electronic prescribing of opioid medication 

Subchapter 6: MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS

32 §13758. Licensure 
32 §13759. Gifts to practitioners prohibited 

Subchapter 7: SERVICES AT RURAL HEALTH CENTERS

32 §13761. Definitions 
32 §13762. Center to be licensed 
32 §13763. Scope of license 
32 §13764. Rules 

Subchapter 8: THIRD-PARTY PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM ACT

32 §13771. Short title 
32 §13772. Definitions 
32 §13773. Notice 
32 §13774. Denial of payment 
32 §13775. Reimbursement rates 
32 §13776. Contract renewal and changes 
32 §13777. Exceptions 

Subchapter 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

32 §13781. Generic and therapeutically equivalent substitution 
32 §13782. Advertising 
32 §13782-A. Price disclosure 
32 §13783. Posting prices (REPEALED) 
32 §13784. Patient information regulation 
32 §13785. Patient profile record system regulation 
32 §13786. Identification of persons prescribing medicines on hospital prescription blanks 
32 §13786-A. Security requirements; rules 
32 §13786-B. Partial dispensing of prescription for opioid medication 
32 §13786-C. Dispensing of prescription of opioid medication; immunity 
32 §13786-D. Prescribing and dispensing insulin 
32 §13786-E. Prescribing, dispensing and administering HIV prevention drugs 
32 §13786-F. Dispensing of emergency supplies of chronic maintenance drug 
32 §13787. Hypodermic syringes; prescriptions (REPEALED) 
32 §13787-A. Sale of hypodermic apparatus 
32 §13788. Sale of poisonous drugs 
32 §13789. Possession of drug samples 
32 §13790. Using drugs not in prescription 
32 §13791. Return of drugs 
32 §13792. Sale by certain methods prohibited 
32 §13793. Adulterating and selling drugs 
32 §13794. Labeling of prescriptions 
32 §13795. Photographic proof of identification; discretion to sell or dispense; immunity 
32 §13796. Retail sale of targeted methamphetamine precursors 
32 §13797. Prescription drug price information 
32 §13798. Expedited partner therapy 
32 §13799. Consumer choice preserved 
32 §13800. Access to distributed drugs 
32 §13800-A. Liability for product of another; exemption 
32 §13800-B. Prohibition on providing conversion therapy to minors 
32 §13800-C. Opioid medication product registration fee 
32 §13800-D. Insulin product registration fee (WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1/01/27) (WHOLE SECTION TEXT REPEALED 1/01/27) 

Subchapter 10: NONDISCRIMINATION IN PHARMACEUTICALS PRICING

32 §13801. Definitions (REPEALED) 
32 §13802. Price discrimination prohibited (REPEALED) 
32 §13803. Purchases by State (REPEALED) 
32 §13804. Exceptions (REPEALED) 
32 §13805. Enforcement (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 11: NONCONTROLLED PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISPENSING AND ADMINISTRATION

32 §13810. Drug administration by nurses under certain conditions 
32 §13811. Drug administration by certified midwives under certain conditions (WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL CONTINGENCY: See PL 2015, c. 502, §16) 
32 §13811. Drug administration by certified midwives under certain conditions (WHOLE SECTION TEXT REPEALED ON CONTINGENCY: See PL 2015, c. 502, §16) (REPEALED) 
32 §13812. Dispensing of medication by pharmacist (WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL CONTINGENCY: See PL 2015, c. 502, §16) 
32 §13812. Dispensing of medication by pharmacist (WHOLE SECTION TEXT REPEALED ON CONTINGENCY: See PL 2015, c. 502, §16) (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 11-A: PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING OF NALOXONE HYDROCHLORIDE AND OTHER OPIOID OVERDOSE-REVERSING MEDICATIONS

32 §13815. Authorization 

Subchapter 12: COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE FOR EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION

32 §13821. Short title 
32 §13822. Collaborative practice authorized 
32 §13823. Training required 
32 §13824. Provision of standardized fact sheet required 
32 §13825. Confidentiality 

Subchapter 12-A: PRESCRIBING, DISPENSING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRACEPTIVES

32 §13826. Authorization to prescribe, dispense and administer contraceptives 

Subchapter 13: ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS AND VACCINES

32 §13831. Authority 
32 §13832. Qualifications; requirements 
32 §13833. Treatment protocol 
32 §13834. Prohibited acts 
32 §13835. Rules 

Subchapter 14: COLLABORATIVE DRUG THERAPY MANAGEMENT

32 §13841. Authority 
32 §13842. Qualifications 
32 §13843. Collaborative practice agreement 
32 §13844. Conditions or diseases managed; scope of practice 
32 §13845. Practice protocols 
32 §13846. Rules 
32 §13847. Exemptions 

Subchapter 15: TELEHEALTH SERVICES

32 §13848. Definitions 
32 §13849. Telehealth services permitted 
32 §13849-A. Confidentiality 
32 §13849-B. Professional responsibility 
32 §13849-C. Rulemaking 
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