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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="21-221" title_number="21" title_name="Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A drug that is dispensed under a prescription shall bear a label that states:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The name and address of the dispenser;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The serial number of the prescription;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The date of the prescription or the date that the prescription was filled;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The name of the prescriber; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>If stated in the prescription:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The name of the patient;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any directions for use; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any cautionary statements.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a drug dispensed under a prescription meets the label requirements of this section, it is exempt from the provisions of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Section 21-217(b)(3) through (7) of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Section 21-218(b)(1) through (4), (7), (8), (13), and (14) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The exemptions under this section do not apply to any drug that is dispensed in the course of the conduct of a business of dispensing drugs on the basis of diagnosis made through the mail.</text>
  </level>
</section>
