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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA c. 112 is enacted to read:

 
CHAPTER 112

 
UNUSED PROPERTY MARKETS

 
§12101.__Definitions

 
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

 
1.__Baby food or infant formula.__"Baby food" or "infant
formula" means any food manufactured, packaged and labeled
specifically for sale for consumption by a child under 2 years of
age.

 
2. Medical device.__"Medical device" means any instrument,
apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro
reagent, tool or other similar or related article, including any
component part or accessory, required under federal law to bear
the label "Caution: Federal law requires dispensing by or on the
order of a physician"; that is defined by federal law as a
medical device and is intended for use in the diagnosis of
disease or other conditions or in the cure, mitigation, treatment
or prevention of disease in humans or animals or is intended to
affect the structure or any function of the body of a human or an
animal; or that does not achieve any of its principal intended
purposes through chemical action within or on the body of a human
or an animal and that is not dependent upon being metabolized for
achievement of any of its principal intended purposes.

 
3.__New and unused property.__"New and unused property"__means
tangible personal property that was acquired by an unused
property merchant directly from the producer, manufacturer,
wholesaler or retailer in the ordinary course of business that
has never been used since its production or manufacture or that
is in its original and unopened package or container, if such
personal property was so packaged when originally produced or
manufactured.

 
4. Nonprescription drug or over-the-counter drug.__
"Nonprescription drug" or "over-the-counter drug" means any non-
narcotic medicine or drug that may be sold without a prescription
and is prepackaged for use by the consumer, prepared by the
manufacturer or producer for use by the consumer and is properly
labeled and unadulterated in accordance with the requirements of
the state food and drug laws and the Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act.__"Nonprescription drug" or


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