§ 8-902. Methyl alcohol in medication

MD Crim Law Code § 8-902 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2)    “Drug” means a drug, medicine, or a medicinal or chemical preparation for internal human consumption.

(3)    “Prepare” means to make, mix, manufacture, or compound.

(b)    A person who is engaged in the business of preparing or dispensing a drug for internal human consumption may not prepare, dispense, sell, or deliver the drug to a person directly or through an agent or employee if:

(1)    ethyl alcohol is usually used to prepare the drug; and

(2)    the preparer, or the preparer’s agent or employee, in any manner uses or substitutes methyl alcohol for ethyl alcohol, or puts methyl alcohol into the drug.

(c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for not less than 3 months and not exceeding 1 year or a fine of not less than $100 and not exceeding $500 or both.