# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 2. Maryland Department of Health

### Subtitle 8. Prohibition Against Price Gouging for Essential Off-Patent or Generic Drugs

#### Section 2-802

(a) A manufacturer or wholesale distributor may not engage in price gouging in the sale of an essential off-patent or generic drug.

(b) It is not a violation of subsection (a) of this section for a wholesale distributor to increase the price of an essential off-patent or generic drug if the price increase is directly attributable to additional costs for the drug imposed on the wholesale distributor by the manufacturer of the drug.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)