# Health Occupations (GHO)

## Title 12. Pharmacists and Pharmacies

### Subtitle 5. Practice of Pharmacy and Operation of Pharmacies

#### Section 12-512

(a) In this section, "authorized prescriber" has the meaning stated in Sec. 12-101 of this title.

(b) This section does not apply to:

  (1) A controlled dangerous substance as defined in Sec. 5-101 of the Criminal Law Article; or

  (2) The first prescription or change in a prescription for a drug that an authorized prescriber prescribes for a patient.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a pharmacist may dispense, in a single dispensing and exercising the professional judgment of the pharmacist, a quantity of a prescription drug that:

  (1) Is up to the total number of dosage units authorized by the prescriber on the original prescription and any refills of the prescription;

  (2) Except for a contraceptive dispensed on or after January 1, 2020, does not exceed a 90-day supply of the prescription drug; and

  (3) For a contraceptive dispensed on or after January 1, 2020, does not exceed a 12-month supply of the prescription drug.

(d) A pharmacist may not dispense, in a single dose, a quantity of a prescription drug that exceeds the limit prescribed by a prescriber when the prescriber has indicated that the prescription be dispensed only as prescribed.

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