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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-504" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Prescriptions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except when dispensed directly to an ultimate user by an authorized provider who is not a pharmacist, a controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedule III or Schedule IV that is a drug to which § 21–220 of the Health – General Article applies may not be dispensed without a written prescription, an electronic prescription, or an oral prescription.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless renewed by the authorized provider, the prescription may not be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>filled or refilled more than 6 months after the date of prescription; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>refilled more than five times.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
