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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 4-302 Drugs suggesting treatment.">
  <section prefix="§" num="4-302" heading="Drugs suggesting treatment.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Duty to report.">The individual in charge of any public or private pharmacy, other than a facility operated by the Department, must report to the Commissioner of Health whenever it dispenses any anti- tuberculosis medication that the Commissioner specifies by rule or regulation adopted under &lt;cite data-path="|health|§2-106"&gt;§ 2-106 {“Rules and regulations”} of this article&lt;/cite&gt; for purposes of this section.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="When to report.">Unless a different time is set by the Commissioner or by State law, the report must be made within 48 hours of having dispensed the medication.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Contents of report.">In addition to the information required by &lt;cite data-path="|health|§4-102"&gt;§ 4-102 {“Form and contents of reports”} of this title&lt;/cite&gt;, the report must contain the following information:<para num="(1)">the type, and strength of medication issued;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the daily dosage;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the dosing schedule;</para>
      <para num="(4)">the total amount prescribed;</para>
      <para num="(5)">the name and address of the physician who issued the prescription; and</para>
      <para num="(6)">the date the medication was dispensed.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Report not final diagnosis.">The prescription of medication:<para num="(1)">is not to be considered a final diagnosis; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">does not absolve the attending physician of the duty to report her or his diagnosis of the case under &lt;cite data-path="|health|§4-201"&gt;§ 4-201 {“Physicians”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §211(a) - (c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 03/10/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Text of subsection (a) conformed to include express cross-reference to § 2-106.  Cf. Editor’s Note to that section.</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
