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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 570

249.

(A) No person shall open, conduct or keep a pharmacy
in this State, either as a principal or agent, unless such a
person shall have obtained a pharmacist's certificate, as
hereinafter provided, and no pharmacy shall be at any time
left in charge of any person who is not a registered
pharmacist. It shall, however, be lawful for physicians and
dentists to personally compound and dispense their own
prescriptions, but unlawful for any person, not a registered

pharmacist, to compound physicians' prescriptions. Any

person violating this section shall, upon conviction, be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than one
hundred dollars for each offense.

(B) A LICENSED PHYSICIAN MAY BE REIMBURSED BY A
CONSUMER FOR THE DISPENSING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ON THE
SAME BASIS AS A REGISTERED PHARMACIST IF:

(1) THE PHYSICIAN DISPENSES DRUGS ON A REGULAR
BASIS IN THE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE; AND

(2) A PHARMACY IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN A 10-MILE
RADIUS OF THE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE.

42-O.

THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, AFTER
CONSULTING WITH THE BOARD OF PHARMACY, MAY AUTHORIZE A
LICENSED PHYSICIAN TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE DISPENSING OF
DRUGS ON THE SAME BASIS AS A REGISTERED PHARMACIST IF:

(A)  THE PHYSICIAN DISPENSES DRUGS ON A REGULAR BASIS
IN THE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE; AND

(B)  A PHARMACY IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN A 10-MILE RADIUS
OF THE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 20, 1980.

CHAPTER 571

(Senate Bill 661)

AN ACT concerning

Stock and Mutual Insurers - "Fronting" Prohibited

FOR the purpose of prohibiting an authorized insurer from
engaging in any "fronting" agreement with an