§ 32 §3282-B — Lyme disease treatment

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Definitions.
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
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Lyme disease treatment.
A physician licensed under this chapter may prescribe, administer or dispense long-term antibiotic therapy for a therapeutic purpose to eliminate infection or to control a patient's symptoms upon making a clinical diagnosis that the patient has Lyme disease or displays symptoms consistent with a clinical diagnosis of Lyme disease. The physician shall document the clinical diagnosis and treatment in the patient's medical record. The clinical diagnosis must be based on knowledge obtained through medical history and physical examination only or in conjunction with testing that provides supportive data for the clinical diagnosis.

Legislative History

PL 2015, c. 235, §1 (NEW).