Maine Revised Statutes > Title 32 > Chapter 117 > Subchapter 5 – Pharmacy Facilities
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 32 > Chapter 117 > Subchapter 5 - Pharmacy Facilities
- Board: means the Maine Board of Pharmacy. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Distribute: means the delivery of a drug other than by administering or dispensing. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A
- Labeling: means the process of preparing and affixing a label to the outside of any drug container, exclusive of the labeling by a manufacturer, packer or distributor of a nonprescription drug or commercially packaged legend drug or device. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A
- Mail order contact lens supplier: means a person or entity, other than an optometrist or physician licensed in this State, that fills contact lens prescriptions by mail or carrier for a patient who resides in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A
- Nonprescription drugs: means nonnarcotic drugs that may be sold without a prescription and that are prepackaged for use by the consumer and labeled in accordance with the requirements of the laws and rules of this State and the Federal Government. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A
- Opioid medication: means a controlled substance containing an opioid included in schedule II of 21 United States Code § 812 or Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1308. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association or any other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A
- Pharmacist: means an individual provider of health care services licensed by this State to engage in the practice of pharmacy. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A
- Pharmacist in charge: means a pharmacist who accepts responsibility for the operation of a licensed pharmacy in conformance with applicable laws. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A
- Pharmacy: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-APractice of pharmacy: means the provision of health care services that include the interpretation and evaluation of prescription drug orders; the compounding, dispensing and labeling of drugs and devices, except labeling by a manufacturer, packer or distributor of nonprescription drugs and commercially packaged legend drugs and devices; the participation in drug selection and drug utilization reviews; the proper and safe storage of drugs and devices and the maintenance of proper records for these drugs and devices; the administration of vaccines licensed by the United States Food and Drug Administration that are recommended by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or successor organization, for administration to adults; the administration to adults by intramuscular and subcutaneous injection of drugs approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; the performance of collaborative drug therapy management; the responsibility for advising, when necessary or regulated, of therapeutic values, content, hazards and use of drugs and devices; the ordering and dispensing of over-the-counter nicotine replacement products approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; the prescribing, dispensing and administering of an HIV prevention drug, as defined in section 13786?E, subsection 1, paragraph B, pursuant to a standing order or collaborative practice agreement or to protocols developed by the board; and the offering or performing of those acts, services, operations or transactions necessary in the conduct, operation, management and control of a pharmacy. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A Qualified assistant pharmacist: means an individual licensed by this State as a qualified assistant apothecary, qualified assistant or assistant pharmacist, provided that the license is in full force and effect, except for the right to serve as a pharmacist in charge. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 13702-A