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In a message dated 97-01-15 21:47:25 EST, mrlungs@to*.co* writes: << By federal policy, oxygen is still available without a prescription, this after a 10 year reconsideration of the issue. >> Unfortunately, state and federal policy do not dictate what a gas supplier will do, only what they can do. In my area, we have one gas supplier, whose corporate policy it is to supply medical oxygen only to physicians, not to anyone else, even with a prescription. They don't care if they _may_, they simply _won't_ sell me a large bottle of medical O2. Just a case of covering their butts. Fortunately, they are very forthcoming with the information that the medical O2 and the industrial stuff (and the aviator's grade) all come out of the same bulk tank. Take your choice. One of the local medical outfits has an understanding with the dive shop, so at least I can keep my first aid bottle filled. Please send any replies/flames to me directly; I have unsubscribed from techdiver due to the hassle of confirming posts, spurious mail list subscriptions, and the continuing flame wars, as well as a full mailbox from being on multiple lists at once. There's more to life than Email. Dan Last dive: Spear's dock - looking for bottles, 22 fsw, water 36 deg F., wearing double 80's, breathing the long hose. ========================================================= Daniel R. Fountain [Lake Superior] dfountain@ao*.co* CIS 76545,1467 "I try to learn from the mistakes of others, since I can't live long enough to make them all myself." ========================================================= -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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