§ 10-103
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§10–103.
(a)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)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.
(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)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.