An Act To Facilitate the Licensing of International Mail Order Prescription Pharmacies by the Maine 1 Board of Pharmacy
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0171
Committee Amendment CA_A_S241 (Senate)
Amends: 32 MRSA §13731, 32 MRSA §13799

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "4" to S.P. 60, L.D. 171, Bill, "An Act To 
Facilitate the Licensing of International Mail Order Prescription Pharmacies by the Maine 
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Board of Pharmacy" 
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-§l, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 710, §5, is 
amended to read: 
1. Applicability. It is unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of pharmacy 
unless licensed to practice under this Act; provises, except that physieians, seatists, 
veteriaaflans or other praetitioners of the healiag arts who are lieeases liBser the laws of 
this State may dispease and asmiaister preseriptioa clmgs to their patieats ia the I9raetiee 
of their respeetive professioas where speeifieally authori:les to so so by law.~ 
A. Physicians, dentists, ve:terinarians or other practitioners of the healing arts who 
are licensed under the laws of this State may dispense and administer prescription 
drugs to their patients in the practice of their respective professions where 
specifically authorized to do so by law; 
B. A licensed retail pharmacy that is located in Canada, the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Commonwealth of Australia or New Zealand 
that meets its country's statutory and regulatory requirements may export prescription 
drugs by mail or carrier to a resident of this State for that resident's personal use. A 
licensed retail pharmacy described in this paragraph is exempt from licensure under 
this Act; and 
C. An entity that contracts to provide or facilitate the exportation of prescription 
drugs from a licensed retail pharmacy described in paragraph B may provide or 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT -A. "to S.P. 60, L.D. 171 
facilitate the provision of prescription drugs from that pharmacy by mail or carrier to 
a resident of this State for that resident's personal use. An entity that provides or 
facilitates the provision of prescription drugs pursuant to this paragraph is exempt 
from licensure under this Act. 
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §13799 is enacted to read: 
§13799. Consumer choice preserved 
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prohibit: 
1. Ordering or receiving prescription drugs. An individual who is a resident of 
the State from ordering or receiving prescription drugs for that individual's personal use 
from outside the United States by mail or carrier from a licensed retail pharmacy 
described in section 13731, subsection 1, paragraph B or an entity described in section 
13731, subsection 1, paragraph C; or 
2. 
Dispensing or providing prescription drugs. 
A licensed retail pharmacy 
described in section 13731, subsection 1. paragraph B or an entity described in section 
13731, subsection 1, paragraph C from dispensing, providing or facilitating the provision 
of prescription drugs from outside the United States by mail or carrier to a resident of the 
State for that resident's personal use.' 
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. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 06/05/13 
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126th MAJNE LEGISLATURE 
LD 171 
LR 93(02) 
An Act To Facilitate the Licensing of Intlernational Mail Order Prescription Pharmacies by the Maine 
Board of Pharmacy 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ft:{5-M ( ) 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium savings - Multiple Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill could allow the State Employee Health Plan to achieve savings estimated at $3.0 million (all funds) per year 
for the biennium. These savings would be used to meet the State Employee Health Plan's budgeted premium target for 
the biennium (i.e., the Governor's 2014-2015 Biennial Budget, LD 1509, proposes a flat premium target for the 
biennium) and would be distributed across personal services accounts in all programs in the General Fund, Highway 
Fund and other funds. 
LR0093(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of I