An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Licensure of Wholesalers and
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 2019
Sponsors: MATHIESON
Amends: 32 MRSA §13742-A, 32 MRSA §13758

Legislative Document
No. 2019
H.P. 1349
House of Representatives, December 5, 2025
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Licensure of Wholesalers and 
Manufacturers Under the Maine Pharmacy Act
(EMERGENCY)
Submitted by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation pursuant to Joint 
Rule 203.
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 3, 2025.  Referred to the Committee on 
Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered 
printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MATHIESON of Kittery.
Emergency preamble.  Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, wholesalers and manufacturers doing business in this State are currently 
required to submit registration information from the United States Department of Justice, 
Drug Enforcement Administration and registration information from the United States 
Food and Drug Administration to the Maine Board of Pharmacy as a qualification for initial 
licensure; and
Whereas, this legislation is necessary to make statutory corrections authorizing the 
Maine Board of Pharmacy to grant licenses to wholesalers and manufacturers who have 
not yet obtained the appropriate federal registration number at the time of application for 
initial licensure; and
Whereas, this legislation must take effect before the end of the 90-day period to 
address, as soon as possible, the health and welfare of the citizens of this State; and
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore,
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  32 MRSA §13742-A, sub-§1, ¶F, as amended by PL 2021, c. 303, §3, is 
further amended to read:
F.  A violation of section 13800‑B; or
Sec. 2.  32 MRSA §13742-A, sub-§1, ¶G, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 303, §4, is 
amended to read:
G.  A violation of section 13725.; or
Sec. 3.  32 MRSA §13742-A, sub-§1, ¶H is enacted to read:
H.  Failing to file with the board an applicable registration number described in section 
13758, subsection 4, paragraph B once that applicable registration number is obtained.
Sec. 4.  32 MRSA §13758, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. DD, §28, 
is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
4.  Form.  License forms must state:
A.  The applicant's name, address, day phone, 24-hour phone, ownership status and 
manufacturer or wholesaler designation;
B.  The applicant's United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement 
Administration registration number and the applicant's United States Food and Drug 
Administration registration number, as applicable, if the applicant has obtained the 
registration number at the time the form is executed; and
C.  The date the form is executed.
License forms must be executed by an owner or officer of the manufacturer or wholesaler, 
providing printed name and title.  
If, at the time the form is executed, the applicant has not obtained a registration number 
described in paragraph B that is applicable to the applicant, the applicant shall file that 
registration number with the board once the registration number is obtained.
Emergency clause.  In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation 
takes effect when approved.
SUMMARY
This bill modifies the initial licensure qualifications for prescription drug 
manufacturers and wholesalers by allowing an applicant to apply for licensure before the 
applicant has obtained a registration number from the appropriate federal agencies but 
requires that a manufacturer or wholesaler licensed in this State file the applicable 
registration numbers with the Maine Board of Pharmacy once the registration numbers are 
obtained by the manufacturer or wholesaler. The bill also provides that the board may deny 
a license, refuse to renew a license or impose disciplinary sanctions if the manufacturer or 
wholesaler fails to file the applicable registration numbers with the board once the 
registration numbers are obtained.