Marvin Mandel, Governor                       1673

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 288 (c) be and it is hereby added to Article 27 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume), title
"Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Health—Controlled Dangerous
Substances," to follow immediately after Section 288(b) and to read
as follows:

288.

(c) It is unlawful for any practitioner to prescribe, administer,
manufacture, distribute, dispense, or possess any controlled dangerous
substance or controlled paraphernalia except in good faith, for legiti-
mate medical and scientific purposes, in the course of his regular pro-
fessional duties, and in conformance with both the provisions of this
subtitle and the standards of his particular profession relating to
any such controlled dangerous substance or controlled paraphernalia,.
Any practitioner who violates any of the provisions of this subsec-
tion shall be subject to the penalties specified in subsection (b) of
this section; and any controlled dangerous substances or controlled
paraphernalia so manufactured, distributed, dispensed, possessed,
prescribed, or administered in violation of this subsection shall be
deemed contraband.

SEC. 2, And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid for any reason, the invalidity shall not affect the other provi-
sions or any other application of this Act which can be given effect
without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end all the
provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws,
public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act are repealed to the extent of the inconsistency.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 643
(House Bill 851)

AN ACT to authorize the creation of a State debt in the aggregate
amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.) the proceeds thereof
to be used to finance certain capital facilities for the collection,
transportation, recycling and disposal of solid wastes; providing
certain restrictions upon the expenditure of such funds; and pro-
viding generally for the issue and sale of Certificates of Indebted-
ness BONDS EVIDENCING SUCH LOAN.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Board of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed
EMPOWERED to issue a State loan to be known as the "Solid Waste
Reclamation Loan of 1972," in the aggregate sum AMOUNT of Ten
Million Dollars ($10,000,000).