An Act to Make Filling Out-of-state Prescriptions for Schedule II Drugs More Convenient LR2073(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1578
Committee Amendment CA_A_H359 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "fr, to H. P. 1151, L. D. 
Act To Make Filling Out-of-State Prescriptions 
Drugs More Convenient" 
1578, Bill, "An 
for Schedule I I 
Amend the bill in section 1, in subsection 2 by striking out 
all of paragraphs A and B (page 1, lines 35 to 47 in L.D.) and 
inserting in their place the following: 
'Ar 
The pharmacist receives and makes 
a 
record of oral 
confirmation of the validity of the prescription from the 
out-of-state practitioner or the practitioner's agent and 
the pharmacist makes a reasonable effort to determine that 
the oral confirmation Came 
from the practitioner or the 
practitioner's agent. which may include a telephone call to 
the practitioner's telephone number listed in a telephone 
directory or other directory or other good faith efforts to 
confirm 
the 
identity 
of 
the 
person 
giving 
the 
oral 
confirmation: and 
B. 
The pharmacist demands. 
inspects and records a valid 
photographic identification from 
any person presenting a 
prescription or receiving a filled prescription unless: 
(1) The person is the patient for whom the prescription 
is written: 
(2) The person's identitY is personally known to the 
pharmacist: and 
(3) The pharmacist confirms by reviewing the pharmacy 
records that the pharmacist has previously demanded. 
inspected 
and 
recorded 
a 
valid 
photographic 
identification from the person.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,~, to H.P. 1151, L.D. 1578 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the bill's requirement concerning the 
presentation 
of 
photographic 
identification. 
The 
amendment 
requires that a person presenting an out-of-state prescription 
for a 
Schedule II drug or receiving that filled prescription 
present photographic identification unless 
the person is the 
patient for whom the prescription is written, is personally known 
to 
the 
pharmacist 
and 
has 
previously presented photographic 
identification that has been noted by the pharmacist. 
The bill 
required that a person presenting an out-of-state prescription 
for 
a 
Schedule 
II 
drug 
present 
photographic 
identification 
without exception, but did not require identification when the 
filled prescription was received. 
The amendment also requires 
the pharmacist to make 
a 
record of oral confirmation of the 
validity of the prescription from the out-of-state practitioner 
or the practitioner's agent. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 05109/03 ;t;p'ae. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1578 
An Act to Make Filling Out-of-state Prescriptions for Schedule II Drugs 
More Convenient 
LR2073(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Any additional cost to the Board of Osteopathic Licensure, the Board of Licensure in Medicine and the Board of 
Pharmacy within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted 
resources. 
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