| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA c. 558, as amended, is further amended by repealing | the chapter headnote and enacting the following in its place: |
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| MARIJUANA, SCHEDULED DRUGS, IMITATION |
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| SCHEDULED DRUGS, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE AND HYPODERMIC APPARATUSES |
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| | Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2390 is enacted to read: |
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| §2390.__Regulation of pseudoephedrine |
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| | 1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context | otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following | meanings. |
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| A.__"Pseudoephedrine product" means any compound, mixture or | preparation containing any detectable quantity of | pseudoephedrine, its salts or optical isomers or salts of | its optical isomers. |
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| B.__"Retailer" means a licensed pharmacy or a retail store | licensed for the sale of food, tobacco or alcohol products. |
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| C.__"Wholesale transaction" means the manufacture, sale or | distribution of a pseudoephedrine product in the normal | chain of commerce leading to placement of the product in the | custody of a retailer authorized to sell or provide | pseudoephedrine products to the public. |
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| | 2.__Dispensing pseudoephedrine; civil penalty.__The following | provisions apply to the dispensing of pseudoephedrine products. |
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| A.__Except in wholesale transactions, only a retailer may | sell or provide a pseudoephedrine product. |
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| B.__A retailer may not sell or otherwise provide more than 9 | grams of pseudoephedrine products to any one person in one | day. |
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| C.__A retailer may sell or provide a pseudoephedrine product | only when the recipient of that product has provided a | reliable means of identification and has signed a written | log containing the recipient's name and street address and | the quantity of each pseudoephedrine product received.__The | retailer shall retain the log for at least 24 months. |
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