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We at NOAA have circumvented the prescription problem with stickers on O2 tanks that say "for emergency use only when administered by properly trained personnel for oxygen deficiency and resuscitation. For all other medical applications-CAUTION- Federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription. Reference: 21 USC 353 (b)(4)". It doesn't address the issue of using the gas for mixing, but it's at least it gets you the gas. ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Re: New Fill Policy Author: steamboat@is*.ne* Date: 9/9/98 10:37 PM Alan D. Secor wrote: I've got a question regarding > purchasing O2 from a gas distributor. We have two main distributors in > town and both claim I need a medical prescription to buy USP O2. One wouldn't > even sell me Aviator's O2 but the other would! They both claim the FDA > recently cracked down on O2 sales and required records. When asked about > welding O2, they said "no problem". I asked what the difference was and > they said it all came from the same place, it only differed in how many > times they pulled a vacuum on the tank prior to filling, and record keeping. > So my question is, has anyone else had a hassle getting usp O2 without a > prescription?? > -- > Alan D. Secor > e-mail: secor@bt*.ib*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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