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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="14-509" title_number="14" title_name="Physicians" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “ACCME” means the Accrediting Council for Continuing Medical Education.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A physician may dispense a topical medication that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of hypotrichosis without obtaining a dispensing permit or completing the continuing education required under § 12–102(c)(2)(ii) of this article if the physician:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Otherwise complies with the requirements of § 12–102(c)(2)(ii) of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Has received a special class of written permit from the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may issue a special class of written permit to a physician under subsection (b) of this section if the physician:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Completes 1 hour of continuing medical education per year on the dispensing of topical medications developed by an ACCME–accredited Maryland nonprofit or governmental entity; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Pays to the Board a $100 permit fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
