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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="12-205" title_number="12" title_name="Pharmacists and Pharmacies" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Pharmacy">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board may adopt:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Rules and bylaws that are necessary to do its business;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Rules and regulations that are necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and that establish standards for practicing pharmacy and operating pharmacies, including rules and regulations that govern:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Methods of advertising and promotion; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Standards for filling and refilling prescriptions; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A code of conduct that specifies which behaviors are either required or prohibited in the practice of pharmacy.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Keep a record that includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The name and place of the business or the home address of each licensed pharmacist, each registered pharmacy technician, and each registered pharmacy intern;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The facts concerning the issuance of that pharmacist’s license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The facts concerning the issuance of that pharmacy technician’s registration; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The facts concerning the issuance of that pharmacy intern’s registration;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Prepare and deliver to the Governor, the Secretary, and the Maryland Pharmacists Association an annual report that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Summarizes the condition of pharmacy in this State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Includes a record of the proceedings of the Board; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Disclose any information contained in a record to any health occupations regulatory board or agency of this State or another state if the health occupations regulatory board or agency of this State or another state requests the information in writing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board may initiate such programs and projects as deemed necessary to inform or protect the public.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall adopt standards for approving examinations under § 12-6B-02(b)(4) of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall approve any examination that meets the standards adopted under paragraph (1) of this subsection including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Employer based pharmacy technician examinations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Nationally recognized pharmacy technician examinations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Examinations for certification as a pharmacy technician.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
