Section 13-707 - Authority of certificate holder. - Maryland Statutes

§ 13-707. Authority of certificate holder.
 

An individual who is certified may: 

(1) Upon presentment of a certificate, receive from any physician licensed to practice medicine in this State a prescription for premeasured doses of epinephrine and the necessary paraphernalia for the administration of a subcutaneous injection of epinephrine; 

(2) Possess prescribed epinephrine and the necessary paraphernalia for the administration of a subcutaneous injection of epinephrine; and 

(3) In an emergency situation when physician services or emergency medical services are not immediately available, administer a subcutaneous injection of epinephrine to a person suffering or believed by the certificate holder to be suffering a severe adverse reaction to an insect sting. 
 

[1995, ch. 551.]