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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="12-319" title_number="12" title_name="Pharmacists and Pharmacies" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An action may be maintained in the name of this State or the Board to enjoin:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The unauthorized practice of pharmacy; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Conduct that is a ground for disciplinary action under § 12-313 of this subtitle or § 12-6B-09 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An action may be brought by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board, in its own name;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Attorney General, in the name of the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The State’s Attorney, in the name of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An action under this section shall be brought in the county where the defendant resides or engages in the actions sought to be enjoined.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Proof of actual damages or that a person will sustain damage if an injunction is not granted is not required for an action under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An action under this section is in addition to and not instead of criminal prosecution for unauthorized practice of pharmacy under § 12-701 of this title or disciplinary action under § 12-313 of this subtitle or § 12-6B-09 of this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
