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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-501" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Prescriptions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person may not dispense a controlled dangerous substance without a written prescription or an electronic prescription from an authorized provider if the substance is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>listed in Schedule II; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a drug to which § 21–220 of the Health – General Article applies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A controlled dangerous substance to which subsection (a) of this section applies may be dispensed without a written prescription or an electronic prescription by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an authorized provider who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is not a pharmacist; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>dispenses the controlled dangerous substance directly to an ultimate user; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a pharmacist if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an emergency exists;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the pharmacist dispenses the drug under regulations of the Department on an oral prescription that the pharmacist reduces promptly to writing and keeps on file; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>federal law authorizes the oral prescription.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A prescription for a controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedule II shall be kept on file in conformity with the requirements for records and inventories under § 5–306 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person may not refill a prescription for a controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedule II.</text>
  </level>
</section>
