<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-103" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, this title does not apply to the sale of a prescription drug:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>made to an authorized provider; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>made by a manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or pharmacist licensed by the State to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>another manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or pharmacist licensed by the State; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a hospital or institution that operates a dispensary in which an authorized provider licensed to administer prescription drugs is in charge.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A sale is exempt from this title only if a record of the sale:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is maintained and available for inspection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shows the date of sale, the name and address of the purchaser, and the quantity purchased.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This title does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the distribution of a prescription drug, device, or supply for the treatment, care, or cure of farm animals, poultry, fowl, or other animals used in furtherance of farming activities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the sale or offering for sale, or the distribution of seeds, feed for livestock and poultry, fertilizers, lime, land plaster, fungicides, and insecticides; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a drug that on June 1, 1961, could be sold without a prescription.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
