Section 10-103 - Same - Sale of remedy.
§ 10-103. Same - Sale of remedy.
(a) Scope of section.- This section does not apply to:
(1) a physician licensed to practice medicine;
(2) a government unit; or
(3) the otherwise lawful conduct of business between commercial, medical, pharmaceutical, scientific, or government units.
(b) Prohibited.- Except in accordance with a prescription written by a physician licensed to practice medicine, a person may not sell, dispense, or give to another a drug, medicine, preparation, substance, or a preparation containing a sulfonamide drug to alleviate, treat, or cure venereal disease.
(c) Requirements for prescription.-
(1) A prescription under subsection (b) of this section shall include:
(i) the physician's signature and address; and
(ii) the date the prescription was written.
(2) The person filling the prescription required under subsection (b) of this section:
(i) shall write on the prescription the date it was filled;
(ii) shall keep the prescription on file for at least 2 years after it was filled;
(iii) shall allow the prescription to be inspected by State and local health authorities; and
(iv) may not refill the prescription except on the order of the physician who wrote the prescription.
(d) Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding:
(1) $50 for the first violation; and
(2) $250 for each subsequent violation.
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 323; 2002, ch. 26, § 2.]