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PORTLAND, Maine

UNE’s Kenneth McCall presents webinar on Maine’s new opioid prescribing law

Kenneth McCall
Kenneth McCall

Focusing on the legal aspect of opioid regulation, Kenneth McCall, BSPharm, Pharm.D., CGP, associate professor for the Department of Pharmacy Practice, was a featured speaker in a Caring for ME Pharmacy webinar. Held January 11, 2017, McCall co-presented with Gordon H. Smith, Esq., executive vice president of Maine Medical Association.

The talk addressed Maine’s new opioid prescribing law, Chapter 488. This regulation stipulates that opioid prescriptions be limited to 100 morphine milligram equivalents per patient per day, that prescribers take an opioid prescribing course and that the Prescription Monitoring Program be consulted before any opioid or benzodiazepine prescription is written. McCall and Smith provided an overview of the law and associated rules, discussing the impact on Maine’s pharmacy community and strategies for applying the new regulations in practice. They also explained the implementation timeline as well as the rule-making and exception process.

This webinar was accredited by the College of Pharmacy’s Office of Continuing Education in conjunction with Maine Quality Counts, a regional health improvement collaborative dedicated to improving health care quality throughout Maine.

 

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About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.