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documents and files destroyed and a certificate of destruction. Such
lists shall be retained in the custody of the Archivist and shall be
available at reasonable times to inspection by the members of the
public. Nothing in this section shall authorize the destruction of
(a) papers, books, documents or files which have been in custody for
a period of less than three years or such other period as may be
expressly prescribed by statute, (b) public records expressly re-
quired by statute to be maintained permanently, except in those cases
where the original record has been photographed, photocopied, or
microphotographed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 of
this Article, provided that the copy or reproduction of the original
record be available upon request in the same manner as the original
record, (c) permanent books of account, (d) the records of any
court of record in this state, except as provided for in Section 1A of
Article 17 of this Code, (e) the land records recorded by the respec-
tive clerks of the circuit court for the several counties and the clerk
of the Superior Court of Baltimore City; but old records of which
accurate transcriptions have been made and placed in use, under the
terms of Article 26, Section 17, and the "housekeeping" records or
the records of internal management of the offices of clerks of court
and registers of wills shall not be considered "records of a court" for
the purpose of this section and Sections 9 and 10 and shall be subject
to disposal as described above, provided, however, that the books,
accounts, and records pertaining to the financial operations of any
agency or department, officers, boards and commissions of the State
of Maryland, and of all the clerks of courts, registers of wills, and
all collectors of the State taxes of the State of Maryland, including
the City of Baltimore, insofar as they affect the collection of State
taxes, shall not be destroyed until such time as the requirements of
[Article 19, Sections 29 to 34,] Article 40, Sections 61A to 61E,
inclusive, relating to the audit of such books, accounts and records
by the State Auditor, shall have been complied with.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 487
(House Bill 89)

AN ACT to add new Subsections (a-1), (a-2) and (b-1) to Section
285 (a) and (b) of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume), (1971 Supplement), title "Crimes
and Punishments," subtitle "I. Crimes and Punishments," subhead-
ing "Health-Controlled Dangerous Substances," to follow immedi-
ately after Sections 285(a) and 285(b) respectively, to provide that
certain controlled dangerous substances may not be dispensed by
a practitioner in any manner, unless a recognized emergency OR
MEDICAL situation exists, or unless the Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene has sanctioned a therapy program which
requires the use of a certain substance which must be dispensed
by a practitioner.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Subsections (a-1), (a-2) and (b-1) be and the same are