644                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 10

participate in the activities described in this section. The
County Commissioners may charge a reasonable fee for the issuance
of the permit.

281.

(b) The following persons shall not be required to register
and in addition to the aforementioned registrants while acting in
the course of their business or profession may lawfully possess
controlled dangerous substances under the provisions of this
subheading:

(3) An ultimate user or a person in possession of any
controlled dangerous substance pursuant to a lawful order of a
practitioner, while acting in good faith and in the ordinary
course of business or professional practice[;].

(f) The Department shall register an applicant to
manufacture or distribute controlled dangerous substances
included in Schedules I through V unless the Department
determines that the issuance of such registration is inconsistent
with the public interest. In determining the public interest,
the following factors shall be considered:

(3) Prior conviction record of applicant under
federal, State, and local laws relating to the manufacture,
distribution, or dispensing of such substances[.];

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(a) The following shall be subject to forfeiture and no
property right shall exist in them:

(2) All raw materials, products and equipment of any
kind which are used, or intended for use, in manufacturing,
compounding, processing, delivering, importing, or exporting any
controlled dangerous substance in violation of the provisions of
this subheading[,];

(d) [Except as provided under subsection (r) of this
section, whenever] WHENEVER property is forfeited under this
subheading, the political subdivision in which such property was
seized, or, if the property was seized by State authorities, the
State may:

(1)  Retain the property for official use (except,
whenever coin, currency, or property is seized by the Baltimore
City police, and forfeited under this subheading, it shall be
surrendered to the City, of Baltimore for disposition according to
this section);

(2)  Sell any forfeited property which is not required
to be destroyed by law and which is not harmful to the public,
provided that the proceeds be disposed of for payment of all
proper expenses of the proceedings for forfeiture and sale