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I'd like to thank everyone for their responses....to set the record straight, I currently use aviator's O2 for O2, Nitrox, and Trimix, that I buy from the one distributor who will sell it to be with no hassle. It's just that medical O2 would be cheaper and that's why I'd like to switch. I know a large percentage of people use welding O2, and that at the distributor, it all comes from the same place but I prefer to play it safe when it's my ass on the line!!! Maybe a call to the FDA would clarify the policy and give me a leg to stand on with respect to dealing with the distributors. Thanks again....Al > > >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'. > -- 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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