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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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 32 MRSA §13702, sub-§25-B is enacted to read: |
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| | | 25-B.__Targeted methamphetamine precursor.__"Targeted | | methamphetamine precursor" means: |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 32 MRSA §13795, as amended by PL 1997, c. 437, §46, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | §13795. Photographic proof of identification; discretion to sell |
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| | | 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: |
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| | | A. A valid Maine motor vehicle operator's license; |
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