BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        1401

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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 43 - Health

Section 266A (a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article 43 - Health

Section 266A(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 43 - Health

Section 266A (c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

266A.

(a) The Board of Pharmacy [is hereby granted power
and authority either to] MAY reprimand a pharmacist or
[assistant pharmacist or to] WITHHOLD, DENY, suspend [or],
revoke [his], OR REFUSE TO RENEW THE license OF ANY
PHARMACIST for any reason as hereinafter set forth by a
[unanimous] TWO—THIRDS MAJORITY vote of the members of the
Board, after a bearing upon not less than twenty (20) days'
written notice to such pharmacist [or assistant pharmacist].
The notice shall be given by registered mail directed to his
last known address and shall contain and state the date,
hour and place of hearing, the specific charges against the
pharmacist [or assistant pharmacist] upon which evidence
will be heard by the Board, and such other information as
the Board shall deem proper. At the hearing, the pharmacist
[or assistant pharmacist] charged is entitled to be present
in person and with counsel of his own choice, to hear and
examine the evidence presented in support of the charges,
and to cross examine adverse witnesses, and thereafter to
present evidence and witnesses, and to testify in his own
defense.

[(c) The Board's power either to reprimand a
pharmacist or assistant pharmacist or to suspend or revoke
his license shall be for any of the following causes: