Section 3-905 - Method of execution. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-905. Method of execution.
 

(a)  In general.- The manner of inflicting the punishment of death shall be the continuous intravenous administration of a lethal quantity of an ultrashort-acting barbiturate or other similar drug in combination with a chemical paralytic agent until a licensed physician pronounces death according to accepted standards of medical practice. 

(b)  Effect on health occupations.-  

(1) The administration of the lethal substances required by this section is not the practice of medicine. 

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacist or pharmaceutical supplier may dispense drugs, without a prescription, to the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee to carry out this section. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 71; 1999, ch. 54, § 2.]