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An Act Relating to the Sale of Hypodermic Apparatuses
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2383-B, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2003, c. 386, §19, is further amended to read:
 
6. Lawful possession of hypodermic apparatuses by livestock owners; sale to livestock owners.   A person who owns livestock is authorized to possess and have control of hypodermic apparatuses for the purpose of administering antibiotics, vitamins and vaccines to treat medical conditions or promote the health of that person's livestock, and such possession and control are expressly authorized within the meaning of Title 17-A, section 1111, subsection 1, paragraph A. For the purposes of this subsection, "livestock" means cattle, equines, sheep, goats, swine, members of the genus Lama, poultry, rabbits and cervids as defined in Title 7, section 1333, subsection 1.
 
A.  An agricultural supply store authorized to sell hypodermic apparatuses pursuant to Title 32, section 13787-A, subsection 1 may furnish or sell, without limit in number, hypodermic apparatuses to a person authorized to possess and have control of hypodermic apparatuses pursuant to this subsection, and such furnishing or sale is expressly authorized within the meaning of Title 17-A, section 1110, subsection 1-B.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 127th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.