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§13785
Title 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 117: MAINE PHARMACY ACT
Subchapter 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
§13786-A

§13786. Identification of persons prescribing medicines on hospital prescription blanks

Any practitioner who writes a prescription upon a prescription blank of a hospital or clinic shall sign that practitioner's name and cause that name to be printed, stamped or typed on the blank.   [PL 1987, c. 710, §5 (NEW).]
This section applies to any registered nurse who writes a prescription while working under the control or supervision of a physician. The name of the physician under whom the nurse works must be printed, stamped or typed on the blank.   [PL 2019, c. 627, Pt. B, §19 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 710, §5 (NEW). PL 2019, c. 627, Pt. B, §19 (AMD).
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