J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        667

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 285 and 289 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Health," subtitle
"Barbital and Other Hypnotic Drugs," be and they are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments; and that Section 313B
of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Supplement),
title and subtitle "Crimes and Punishments," subheading "Health—
Amphetamines," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments; and that new Section 313C be and it is hereby added
to said Article and subtitle of the Code, to follow immediately after
Section 313B thereof and to be under the new subheading "Health—
Possession of Amphetamines and Barbiturates;" and all to read as
follows:

285.

The following acts, the failure to act as hereinafter set forth, and
the causing of any such act or failure are hereby declared unlawful:

The delivery of a barbiturate, except as provided in Section 286
(b), unless:

(1)    Such barbiturate is delivered by a pharmacist upon a pre-
scription, and therefore is affixed to the immediate container in which
such drug is delivered a label bearing (A) the name and address
of the owner of the establishment from which such drug was deliv-
ered; (B) the date on which the prescription for such drug was
filled; (C) the number of such prescription as filed in the prescrip-
tion files of the pharmacist who filled such prescription; (D) the
name of the practitioner who prescribed such drugs; (E) the name
and address of the patient, if contained in the prescription; and
if such drug was prescribed for an animal, a statement snowing the
species of the animal; and (F) the directions for the use of the
drug as contained in the prescription; or

(2)    The refilling of any prescription for a barbiturate unless
and as designated on the original prescription or by oral authoriza-
tion by the practitioner, which shall be reduced immediately to
writing, and filed by the pharmacist; or

(3)    The delivery of any prescription for a barbiturate unless the
pharmacist who filled such prescription files and retains it as re-
quired by Section 287(c); or

(4)    [The possession of a barbiturate by any person, unless such
person obtained such drug or prescription by a practitioner; or
(5)] The refusal to make available and to accord full opportunity
to check and record or file, as required by Section 287(e); or
[(6)1

(5)    The failure to keep records as required by Section 287; or
[(7)]

(6)    The using of any person to his own advantage; or revealing,
other than to an officer or employee of the State Department of
Health, or to a court when relevant in a judicial proceeding under
this subtitle, any information required under the authority of Sec-
tion 287(e), concerning methods or processes which as a trade secret
are entitled to protection.