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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 32, § 13786

Identification of persons prescribing medicines on hospital prescription blanks

Known as the Maine Pharmacy Act

The act spans §§ 13701 to 13849-C (108 sections).

PL 1987, c. 710, §5 (NEW)

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.

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.

Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.