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§ 10-103. Venereal disease -- Sale of remedy

MD Crim Law Code § 10-103 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    This section does not apply to:

(1)    a physician licensed to practice medicine;

(2)    a government unit; or

(3)    the otherwise lawful conduct of business between commercial, medical, pharmaceutical, scientific, or government units.

(b)    Except in accordance with a prescription written by a physician licensed to practice medicine, a person may not sell, dispense, or give to another a drug, medicine, preparation, substance, or a preparation containing a sulfonamide drug to alleviate, treat, or cure venereal disease.

(c)    (1)    A prescription under subsection (b) of this section shall include:

(i)    the physician’s signature and address; and

(ii)    the date the prescription was written.

(2)    The person filling the prescription required under subsection (b) of this section:

(i)    shall write on the prescription the date it was filled;

(ii)    shall keep the prescription on file for at least 2 years after it was filled;

(iii)    shall allow the prescription to be inspected by State and local health authorities; and

(iv)    may not refill the prescription except on the order of the physician who wrote the prescription.

(d)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding:

(1)    $50 for the first violation; and

(2)    $250 for each subsequent violation.

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