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(b)  Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner, other than
a pharmacist, to an ultimate user, no controlled dangerous substance
included in Schedule HI which is a prescription drug as determined
under Article 43, may be dispensed without a written or oral pre-
scription. Such prescription may not be filled or refilled more than
six months after the date thereof or be refilled more than five times
after the date of the prescription, unless renewed by the practitioner.

(c)  No controlled dangerous substance included in Schedule IV
may be distributed or dispensed other than for a medical purpose;
and, in addition to compliance with the provisions of this subheading
and the Federal requirements, any such practitioner shall upon dis-
pensing any such controlled dangerous substance securely affix to
the container thereof, in addition to any other label already affixed
thereto, a label bearing the dispenser's name and signature, his
registry number, the date on which dispensed, and the purchaser's
name.

286. Offenses and Penalties:

(a)  Except as authorized by this subheading, it shall be unlawful
for any person:

(1)  to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or to possess a con-
trolled dangerous substance in sufficient quantity to reasonably in-
dicate under all circumstances an intent to manufacture, distribute,
or dispense, a controlled dangerous substance;

(2)  to create, distribute, or possess with intent to distribute, a
counterfeit controlled dangerous substance;

(3)  to manufacture, distribute, or possess any punch, die, plate,
stone, or any other equipment which is designed to print, imprint,
or reproduce the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark,
imprint, or device of another or any likeness of any of the fore-
going upon any drug or container or labeling thereof so as to render
such drug a counterfeit controlled dangerous substance;

(4)  to manufacture, distribute or possess any machine, equip-
ment, instrument, implement, device or combination thereof which
is adopted for the production of controlled dangerous substances
under circumstances which reasonably indicate an intention to use
such item or combination thereof to produce, sell, or dispense any
controlled dangerous substance in violation of the provisions of this
subheading;

(5)  to keep or maintain any common nuisance which shall mean
any dwellinghouse, apartment, building, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or
any place whatever which is resorted to by drug abusers for pur-
poses of illegally administering controlled dangerous substances or
which is used for the illegal manufacture, distribution, dispensing,
STORAGE or concealment of controlled dangerous substances or
controlled paraphernalia, as defined in subsection (d) of Section 287
of this subheading.

(b)  Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection
(a) with respect to:

(1) a substance classified in Schedules I or II which is a narcotic
drug shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a felony, and sen-
tenced notwithstanding the provisions of Article 27, Section 643,