Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
392 - MAINE BOARD OF PHARMACY
Part 5 - LICENSE DENIAL AND PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE
Chapter 40 - AUTHORIZATION, TRAINING AND PROCEDURES FOR PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING NALOXONE HYDROCHLORIDE
Section 392-40-6 - Prescribe and Dispense

An authorized pharmacist may prescribe and dispense oral, injectable, intranasal or any other form of opiate antagonist and the necessary medical supplies to administer the naloxone hydrochloride to a person who, the pharmacist determines using his or her clinical judgment, meets the eligible recipient criteria above in order to treat potential opioid overdoses. A pharmacist may write a prescription to meet the need on hand within the pharmacist's current workplace, but not for purposes of providing a prescription to a patient at risk or caregiver to take away and present to another pharmacy for filling.