HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1235

to advertise certain drugs for treatment of venereal dis-
eases or to sell, give or dispense certain drugs or prep-
arations for treatment of such diseases except on pre-
scription of physicians.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That two new sections be and they are hereby
added to Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments, " to be
under sub-title "Health—Venereal Disease Remedies, " said
new sections to be known as Sections 366A and 366B, to
follow immediately after Section 366 of said Article, and
to read as follows:

366A. Advertising Cures. No person or persons, firm,
company or corporation, shall advertise or permit to be
advertised, or in any manner whatsoever call public atten-
tion to, any drug, medicine, preparation or substance for
the treatment, alleviation or cure of gonorrhea, syphilis,
chancroid or any other venereal disease or of any diseased
condition of the human genitalia caused by, related to, or
resulting from the aforesaid venereal diseases, or to any
person from whom, or to any place at which, such drug,
medicine, preparation or substance may be obtained, except
that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any
health department or other governmental agency, or to any
health or medical agency approved under this section by
the State Board of Health, or to medical, pharmaceutical
or other professional publications not subject to public
sale or distribution, or to bona fide news items or bona fide
articles, published in newspapers, magazines or books. Any
person violating the provisions of this Section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500. 00)
for each such violation.

366B. Sale of Remedies. No person or persons, firm,
company or corporation, except as hereinafter provided,
shall sell, dispense or give to any person any drug, medi-
cine, preparation or substance for the treatment, allevia-
tion or cure of gonorrhea, syphilis, chancroid or any other
venereal disease or diseased condition of the human geni-
talia caused by, related to, or resulting from the aforesaid
venereal diseases, or sell, dispense or give to any person
any sulfonamide drug or preparation which contains such
sulfonamide drug for the treatment or cure of the diseases
mentioned in this Section, except upon the written prescrip-
tion of a physician licensed to practice medicine. Such pre-
scription shall bear the date upon which it was written, the