Subsection (e) of section 18B of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following 2 sentences:-
A practitioner who knowingly fails to comply with a person’s voluntary non-opiate directive form shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $100,000. The attorney general may enforce the provisions of this subsection.
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