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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-701" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Prescription Drugs and Other Substances">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Sections 5–701 through 5–704 of this subtitle apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the sale of prescription drugs by a manufacturer, wholesale distributor, retail pharmacist, or jobber to a person not legally qualified or authorized to purchase and hold prescription drugs for use or resale; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an authorized provider’s assistant who is not licensed to administer prescription drugs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not dispense a prescription drug except:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on an authorized provider’s:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>electronic prescription;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>written prescription; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>oral prescription that the pharmacist reduces to writing and files; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>by refilling a written prescription, an electronic prescription, or an oral prescription that is authorized:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>by the authorized provider in the original prescription; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>by oral direction that the pharmacist reduces to writing and files.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not dispense a prescription drug by filling or refilling a written prescription, an electronic prescription, or an oral prescription of an authorized provider unless the drug bears a label that, in addition to any requirements of the Department or federal law, contains:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the name and address of the dispenser;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the serial number and date of the prescription;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the name of the authorized provider; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>if stated in the prescription, the name and address of the patient and the directions for use.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided under this title, a person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>manufacture, distribute, or possess with intent to distribute a prescription drug;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>affix a false or counterfeit label to a package, container, or other receptacle containing a prescription drug;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>omit, remove, alter, or obliterate a label or symbol that is required by federal, State, or local law on a prescription drug; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>obtain or attempt to obtain a prescription drug by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the counterfeiting or altering of a prescription or written order;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>concealing a material fact;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>using a false name or address;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>falsely assuming the title of or falsely representing that the person is a manufacturer, distributor, or authorized provider; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>making or issuing a false or counterfeit prescription or written order.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
