Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13786 – Identification of persons prescribing medicines on hospital prescription blanks
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13786
- Physician: means an allopathic physician or osteopathic physician. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A
- Practitioner: means an individual who is licensed, registered or otherwise authorized in the appropriate jurisdiction to prescribe and administer drugs in the course of professional practice. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A
Any practitioner who writes a prescription upon a prescription blank of a hospital or clinic shall sign that practitioner’s name and cause that name to be printed, stamped or typed on the blank. [PL 1987, c. 710, §5 (NEW).]
This section applies to any registered nurse who writes a prescription while working under the control or supervision of a physician. The name of the physician under whom the nurse works must be printed, stamped or typed on the blank. [PL 2019, c. 627, Pt. B, §19 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 710, §5 (NEW). PL 2019, c. 627, Pt. B, §19 (AMD).