‘An Act To Facilitate the Personal Importation of Prescription Drugs from International Mail Order Prescription Pharmacies’
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Session - 126th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number S-241, Sponsored by
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LR 93 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Facilitate the Personal Importation of Prescription Drugs from International Mail Order Prescription Pharmacies’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §13731, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 710, §5, is amended to read:
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §13799 is enacted to read:
§ 13799. Consumer choice preserved
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prohibit:
summary
This amendment replaces the bill and is the majority report of the committee. It amends the Maine Pharmacy Act to exempt from the licensure requirements of the Act licensed retail pharmacies that are located in Canada, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Commonwealth of Australia or New Zealand that meet the respective foreign country’s statutory and regulatory requirements, as well as entities that contract to provide or facilitate the exportation of prescription drugs from these licensed retail pharmacies, and authorizes these retail pharmacies and entities to provide prescription drugs by mail or carrier to a resident of this State for that resident’s personal use.
It also amends the Maine Pharmacy Act to provide that nothing in the Act may be construed to prohibit individuals from ordering or receiving prescription drugs for their personal use from licensed retail pharmacies in the above-mentioned countries or contracting entities or to prohibit such a licensed retail pharmacy or contracting entity from dispensing, providing or facilitating the provision of prescription drugs from outside the United States.