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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="12-6C-06" title_number="12" title_name="Pharmacists and Pharmacies" subtitle_number="6C" subtitle_name="Wholesale Distributor Permitting and Prescription Drug Integrity Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A wholesale distributor permit expires on May 31 after its effective date, unless the wholesale distributor permit is renewed for an additional 2–year term as provided in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, at least 1 month before a wholesale distributor permit expires, the Board shall send to the wholesale distributor permit holder a renewal notice by electronic means to the last known e–mail address of the permit holder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If requested by a wholesale distributor permit holder, the Board shall send to the permit holder a renewal notice by first–class mail to the last known address of the permit holder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a renewal notice sent by electronic means under paragraph (1) of this subsection is returned to the Board as undeliverable, the Board shall send to the wholesale distributor permit holder a renewal notice by first–class mail to the last known address of the permit holder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A renewal notice sent under this subsection shall state:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The date on which the current wholesale distributor permit expires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The date by which the renewal application must be received by the Board for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the current wholesale distributor permit expires; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The amount of the renewal fee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Before a wholesale distributor permit expires, a wholesale distributor permit holder periodically may renew it for an additional 2–year term, if the wholesale distributor permit holder:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Otherwise is entitled to a wholesale distributor permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Pays to the Board a renewal fee set by the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Submits to the Board a renewal application on the form that the Board requires.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The renewal application form shall set forth the information that the wholesale distributor provided under § 12–6C–05 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Within 30 days after receiving the form, the wholesale distributor shall identify and state under oath to the Board all changes or corrections to the information that was provided under § 12–6C–05 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The Board shall renew the wholesale distributor permit of a wholesale distributor permit holder who meets the requirements of this subtitle and any regulations adopted under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>If a wholesale distributor is located outside the State, the designated representative and immediate supervisor of the designated representative of the permit holder shall submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with § 12–6C–05.1 of this subtitle before the permit may be renewed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>The Board may deny, suspend, or revoke the permit of a wholesale distributor if the Board determines that the wholesale distributor no longer qualifies for a permit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
