Maine Revised Statutes Title 32. Professions and Occupations § 13786-F. Dispensing of emergency supplies of chronic maintenance drug

A. The pharmacy at which the pharmacist is practicing has a record of a prescription for the chronic maintenance drug in the name of the patient who is requesting the emergency supply, including the amount of the chronic maintenance drug dispensed as provided in the most recent prescription or the standard unit of dispensing for the chronic maintenance drug, and the record of that prescription for the chronic maintenance drug does not include a notation from a practitioner that no emergency supply is permitted;

B. The pharmacist attempts but is unable to obtain authorization to refill the prescription described in paragraph A from the practitioner who issued the prescription or another practitioner responsible for the patient's care;

C. In the pharmacist's professional judgment, the chronic maintenance drug is essential to sustain the life of the patient or to continue therapy for a chronic condition of the patient and failure to dispense the chronic maintenance drug could reasonably produce undesirable health consequences or cause physical or mental discomfort;

D. Except as provided in this subsection, the amount of the chronic maintenance drug dispensed does not exceed a 30-day supply as provided in the prescription or, if the standard unit of dispensing for the chronic maintenance drug exceeds a 30-day supply, the amount of the chronic maintenance drug dispensed does not exceed the smallest standard unit of dispensing;

E. With respect to a chronic maintenance drug that is a controlled substance included in Schedule III or IV of 21 United States Code, Section 812 or 21 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 1308, the amount of the chronic maintenance drug dispensed does not exceed a 7-day supply;

F. The chronic maintenance drug is not a controlled substance included in Schedule I or II of 21 United States Code, Section 812 or 21 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 1308; and

G. The pharmacist has not dispensed the chronic maintenance drug in an emergency supply under this subsection to the same patient more than twice in the preceding 12-month period.