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An Act To Allow Hospitals To More Efficiently Monitor the Prescribing of Controlled Substances by Amending the Laws Governing Access to Prescription Monitoring Information
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §7250, sub-§4, ¶¶I and J, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 488, §6, are amended to read:
 
I. Staff members of a licensed hospital who are authorized by the chief medical officer of the hospital, insofar as the information relates to a patient receiving care in the hospital's emergency department or receiving inpatient services from the hospital; and
 
J. Staff members of a pharmacist who are authorized by the pharmacist on duty, insofar as the information relates to a customer seeking to have a prescription filled.; and
Sec. 2.  22 MRSA §7250, sub-§4, ¶K  is enacted to read:
 
K.  The chief medical officer, medical director or other similar individual employed by a licensed hospital, insofar as the information relates to prescriptions written by prescribers employed by that licensed hospital.
 
SUMMARY
The purpose of this bill is to allow a hospital to more efficiently monitor the prescribing of controlled substances by its employed prescribers by authorizing a hospital's chief medical officer, medical director or other similar individual employed by the hospital to access prescription monitoring information.