3222                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 707

(1981 Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health Occupations

12-403.

(a)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, a
pharmacy for which a pharmacy permit has been issued under this
title:

(1)  Shall be operated in compliance with the law and
with the rules and regulations of the Board;

(2)  Shall be located and equipped so that the
pharmacy may be operated without endangering the public health or
safety;

(3)  Shall be constantly under the personal and
immediate supervision of a licensed pharmacist;

(4)  Shall provide complete pharmaceutical service by
preparing and dispensing all prescriptions that reasonably may be
expected of a pharmacist;

(5)  Except for a hospital pharmacy, shall provide
services to the general public and may not restrict or limit its
services to any group of individuals;

(6)  May not offer pharmaceutical services under any
term or condition that tends to interfere with or impair the free
and complete exercise of professional pharmaceutical judgment or
skill;

(7) May not make any agreement that denies a patient
a free choice of pharmacists; and

(8) May not participate in any activity that is a
ground for Board action against a licensed pharmacist under §
12-311 of this title.

(b)  (1) The Board may waive any of the requirements of this
section for the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, for
radio pharmacy and dental pharmacy experimental and teaching
programs.

(2) THE BOARD MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF

SUBSECTION (A)(4) AND (5) OF THIS SECTION FOR PHARMACIES THAT ARE

ENGAGED IN PHARMACEUTICAL SPECIALTIES WHICH ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE
BOARD UNDER RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD.