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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-303" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless the Department determines that the issuance of the registration is inconsistent with the public interest, the Department shall register an applicant to manufacture or distribute controlled dangerous substances included in Schedule I through Schedule V.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To determine the public interest, the Department shall consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the maintenance of effective controls against diversion of particular controlled dangerous substances and any Schedule I or Schedule II substance compounded from a controlled dangerous substance into other than legitimate medical, scientific, or industrial channels;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>compliance with applicable federal, State, and local law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any convictions of the applicant under federal, State, and local laws relating to the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of controlled dangerous substances;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the applicant’s experience in the manufacture and distribution of controlled dangerous substances and the effectiveness of the applicant’s controls against diversion; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>any other factor that is relevant to and consistent with public health and safety.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A registrant may manufacture or distribute only a controlled dangerous substance that is specified in the registration.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A manufacturer or distributor who complies with federal law on registration, other than fees, is deemed to have complied with this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A registrant may distribute controlled dangerous substances in Schedule I and Schedule II only in accordance with an order form.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A registrant who complies with federal law on order forms for Schedule I and Schedule II is deemed to have complied with this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A registrant distributor shall report to the Department and the Office of the Attorney General any suspicious order of controlled dangerous substances, including an order:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>of unusual size;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>of unusual frequency; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>that deviates substantially from a normal pattern.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A registrant distributor may satisfy the reporting requirement under paragraph (1) of this subsection by providing to the Department and the Office of the Attorney General copies of reports made under 21 C.F.R. § 1301.74(b).</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Unless disclosed in the course of an administrative, civil, or criminal investigation or proceeding initiated to enforce local, State, or federal law or to protect the public health, a report made under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be maintained confidentially.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
