Section 10-103 - Same - Sale of remedy. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-103. Same - Sale of remedy.
 

(a)  Scope of section.- 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)  Prohibited.- 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)  Requirements for prescription.-  

(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)  Penalty.- 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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 323; 2002, ch. 26, § 2.]