# Maine — State Opioid Initial Prescribing Limits

For Maine, initial supply days is 7-day supply; applies to is Opioid medication for acute pain; 30-day supply limit for chronic pain; exception provision is unless the opioid product is labeled by the federal Food and Drug Administration to be dispensed only in a stock bottle that exceeds a 7-day supply; mme limit is 100 morphine milligram equivalents of opioid medication per day; citation is 3300-F, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **state:** Maine _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **initial supply days:** 7-day supply _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **applies to:** Opioid medication for acute pain; 30-day supply limit for chronic pain _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **exception provision:** unless the opioid product is labeled by the federal Food and Drug Administration to be dispensed only in a stock bottle that exceeds a 7-day supply _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **mme limit:** 100 morphine milligram equivalents of opioid medication per day _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **citation:** 3300-F _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> To a patient any combination of opioid medication in an aggregate amount in excess of 100 morphine milligram equivalents of opioid medication per day; [PL 2015, c. 488, §20 (NEW).] B. To a patient who, on the effective date of this section, has an active prescription for opioid medication in excess of 100 morphine milligram equivalents of an opioid medication per day, an opioid medication in an amount that would cause that patient's total amount of opioid medication to exceed 300 morphine milligram equivalents of opioid medication per day; except that, on or after July 1, 2017, the aggregate amount of opioid medication prescribed may not be in excess of 100 morphine milligram equivalents of opioid medication per day; [PL 2015, c. 488, §20 (NEW).] C. On or after January 1, 2017, within a 30-day period, more than a 30-day supply of an opioid medication to a patient under treatment for chronic pain. "Chronic pain" has the same meaning as in <https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/22/title22sec7246.html> Title 22, section 7246, subsection 1‑C ; or [PL 2015, c. 488, §20 (NEW).] D. On or after January 1, 2017, within a 7-day period, more than a 7-day supply of an opioid medication to a patient under treatment for acute pain unless the opioid product is labeled by the federal Food and Drug Administration to be dispensed only in a stock bottle that exceeds a 7-day supply as prescribed, in which case the amount dispensed may not exceed a 14-day supply.

## Source

- http://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/32/title32sec3300-F.html

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
Part of [State Opioid Initial Prescribing Limits](https://referencesource.org/state-opioid-prescribing-limits/).