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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="12-406" title_number="12" title_name="Pharmacists and Pharmacies" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Pharmacy Permits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A pharmacy permit authorizes the pharmacy permit holder to establish and operate the pharmacy while the pharmacy permit is effective.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a pharmacy permit holder may conduct wholesale distribution, if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The wholesale distribution business does not exceed 5% of the pharmacy permit holder’s annual sales; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The pharmacy permit holder:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Maintains records of wholesale distribution separately from its other records; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Makes the records of wholesale distribution available for inspection by the Board.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A pharmacy permit holder that obtains a waiver from the Board under § 12–403(d) of this subtitle may conduct wholesale distribution only with another pharmacy permit holder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A retail pharmacy that holds a pharmacy permit may conduct wholesale distribution only with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Another pharmacy permit holder; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A wholesale distributor if the retail pharmacy:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Reports to the Board that the retail pharmacy is conducting wholesale distribution with a wholesale distributor; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <level label="A">
            <text>Maintains records of wholesale distribution with wholesale distributors separately from its records of wholesale distribution with pharmacy permit holders; and</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Makes the records of wholesale distribution available for inspection by the Board.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
