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2. RECORDS THE DISPENSING OF THE
PRESCRIPTION DRUG ON THE PATIENT'S CHART OR AS OTHERWISE
PERMITTED OR REQUIRED BY THE BOARD THAT LICENSED THE DENTIST,
PHYSICIAN, OR PODIATRIST.

(3) A HOSPITAL-BASED CLINIC FROM DISPENSING

PRESCRIPTIONS TO ITS PATIENTS.

(C)  THIS TITLE DOES NOT PROHIBIT:

(1)  A LICENSED VETERINARIAN FROM PERSONALLY
DISPENSING A DRUG SAMPLE TO A PATIENT OF THE VETERINARIAN; OR

(2)  A LICENSED DENTIST, LICENSED PHYSICIAN, OR
LICENSED PODIATRIST FROM PERSONALLY DISPENSING A DRUG SAMPLE TO A
PATIENT OF THE LICENSED DENTIST, LICENSED PHYSICIAN, OR LICENSED
PODIATRIST IF:

(I)  THE SAMPLE IS DISPENSED IN THE PACKAGE

PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER COMPLIES WITH THE LABELING

REQUIREMENTS OF § 12-510 OF THIS TITLE;

(II)  NO CHARGE IS MADE FOR THE SAMPLE; AND

(III)  THE AUTHORIZED PRESCRIBER ENTERS AN
APPROPRIATE RECORD IN THE PATIENT'S CHART.

(D) (1) THIS TITLE DOES NOT PROHIBIT A DENTIST, PHYSICIAN,
OR PODIATRIST FROM ADMINISTERING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG IN THE
COURSE OF TREATING A PATIENT.

(2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, "ADMINISTERING" MEANS THE DIRECT INTRODUCTION OF A
SINGLE DOSAGE OF A DRUG AT A GIVEN TIME, WHETHER BY INJECTION OR
OTHER MEANS, AND WHETHER IN LIQUID, TABLET, CAPSULE, OR OTHER
FORM.

(E) (1) THIS TITLE DOES NOT PROHIBIT A DENTIST, PHYSICIAN,
OR PODIATRIST FROM PERSONALLY DISPENSING A STARTER DOSAGE OF A
PRESCRIPTION DRUG TO A PATIENT OF THE DENTIST, PHYSICIAN, OR
PODIATRIST.

(2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, "STARTER DOSAGE" HAS THE MEANING COMMONLY ACCEPTED IN
DENTISTRY, MEDICINE, OR PODIATRY, UNLESS DEFINED OTHERWISE BY
REGULATION OF THE BOARD THAT LICENSED THE DENTIST, PHYSICIAN, OR
PODIATRIST.

(F) THIS TITLE DOES NOT PROHIBIT A DENTIST, PHYSICIAN, OR
PODIATRIST FROM DISPENSING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG IN THE COURSE OF
TREATING A PATIENT:

(1) AT A MEDICAL FACILITY OR CLINIC LOCATED IN A
COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL PLANT THAT SPECIALIZES IN THE TREATMENT