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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 10.13.01.03" title_num="10" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="01" heading="Application for Dispensing Permit.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The licensee shall complete an application on a form approved by the appropriate Board and pay a fee in accordance with the fee schedule for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Physicians at COMAR 10.32.01.12;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Podiatrists at COMAR 10.40.03; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Dentists at COMAR 10.44.20.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The application shall require the following information to indicate that the applicant is personally preparing and dispensing prescription drugs in the public interest:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The name, address, and license number of the applicant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An attestation by the applicant that the applicant shall comply with the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Dispensing requirements set forth in Regulation .04 of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Inspection requirements set forth in Regulation .05 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Statutes and regulations governing dispensing of prescription drugs set forth in Health Occupations Article, Title 12, Annotated Code of Maryland, COMAR 10.19.03, and COMAR 10.34; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The address of each practice location where the applicant dispenses prescription drugs.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Each permit issued to a licensee expires 5 years after its date of issuance and is renewable upon timely submission of a renewal application in accordance with the requirements set forth in this regulation. The fee schedule set forth in §A of this regulation applies to all renewal applications.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Continuing Education Requirement.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A permit holder shall complete 10 continuing education credits over a 5-year period relating to the preparing and dispensing of prescription drugs as a condition of permit renewal.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The continuing education credit requirement shall be implemented in accordance with Ch. 267, §2, Acts of 2012.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A permit issued to a licensee shall be nontransferable.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>