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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 15.01.13.01" title_num="15" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="13" heading="Purpose.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>This chapter is adopted in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The purpose of this chapter is to provide for active supervision of certain units within the Department to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Prevent unreasonable anticompetitive actions; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensure that anticompetitive actions are consistent with affirmatively expressed and clearly articulated State policies to displace competition.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>