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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 administrative prescriber employed by a licensed hospital, insofar as the information relates to prescriptions written by prescribers employed by that licensed hospital.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 128th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.