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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 9

applying for same, said revised schedule to carry an
effective date for the new poisons added.

(B)  No poison shall be added by the said Board under
the provisions of this section unless the same shall be as
toxic in its effect as any of the poisons enumerated under §
274 of this subtitle.

(C)  Whenever the [Maryland] STATE Board of Pharmacy
shall propose to bring any additional poisons under the
provisions of this subtitle, such proposal shall be set down
for hearing. At least ten (10) days' notice of such hearing
shall be given by the said Board, and the hearing shall be
held at the time and place set forth in the notice, and may
at such time and place be continued from day to day or
adjournment to a different date or a different place,
without notice other than the announcement thereof at the
hearing by the presiding officer. The notice of such
hearing shall designate the poison or poisons to be added
and shall state the time and place of the hearing. Such
notice shall be given:

[(a)] (1) [by] BY publication in some daily
newspaper of general circulation in the City of Baltimore;
[or

(b)] (2) [by] BY the said Board issuing a press
release, containing a copy of the notice and by making
copies of such press release available at the offices of the
[Maryland] STATE Board of Pharmacy; or

[(c)] (3) [by] BY such other means as the said
Board shall determine to be reasonably calculated to notify
the various interested parties. The said Board shall have
the power to prescribe such rules and regulations with
respect to the conduct of such hearings as may be necessary.

(D)  Any person aggrieved by any order of the said
Board passed pursuant to the provision of this section may
appeal therefrom to the Circuit Court of Baltimore City or
the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City and upon said
appeal, the court shall hear and determine the issues raised
thereby de novo.

280.

(A) The Maryland State Department of Health may, by
regulations, whenever, in its opinion, such action becomes
necessary for the protection of the public, prohibit the
sale of any poison, subject to the provisions of this
subtitle, except upon the original written order or
prescription of a lawfully authorized practitioner of
medicine or of veterinary medicine or of dentistry; and
whenever, in the opinion of the said State Department of
Health, it is in the interest of the public health, it is
hereby empowered, to adopt rules and regulations, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this subtitle, further