Ch. 284 LAWS OF MARYLAND
(1986 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health Occupations

12-101.

(b) "Authorized prescriber" means any licensed dentist, licensed physician,
licensed podiatrist, [or] licensed veterinarian, OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL
AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO PRESCRIBE DRUGS, MEDICINES, OR DEVICES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General Assembly
hereby ratifies and confirms all of the actions taken by nurse practitioners and licensed
pharmacists in writing and filling otherwise lawfully written and filled prescriptions
done after July 1, 1980.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an
emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health
and safety, has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take
effect from the date it is enacted.

Approved May 2, 1990.

CHAPTER 284
(Senate Bill 722)

AN ACT concerning

Alcohol Abuse - Criminal Defendants - Evaluation and Treatment

FOR the purpose of repealing certain authority of certain judges to commit criminal
defendants to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene under certain
circumstances; and making this Act an emergency measure.

BY repealing

Article - Health - General
Section 8-510

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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