PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 614

BY repealing

Article - Health Occupations

Section 12-501 12-503 through 12-506, 12-510, and 12-511 and 12-510

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Health Occupations

Section 12-413 and 12-506 12-501

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article - Health Occupations

12-101.

(a)     In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)     "Authorized prescriber" means any licensed dentist, licensed physician,
licensed podiatrist, licensed veterinarian, certified nurse midwife to the extent permitted
in § 8-601 of this article, CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED IN § 8-508 OF THIS ARTICLE, or other individual authorized by law to
prescribe PRESCRIPTION OR NONPRESCRIPTION drugs; OR [ medicines, or] devices, OR
DIAGNOSTICS.

(c)     "Board" means the State Board of Pharmacy.

(D) (1) "COMPOUNDING" MEANS TO ENGAGE IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
ACTIVITIES:

(1) THE COMBINING OF CHEMICALS, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, OR
NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR USE BY HUMANS OR ANIMALS PURSUANT TO A
PRESCRIPTION WRITTEN FOR A SPECIFIC PATIENT;

(2) THE COMBINING OF CHEMICALS, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, OR
NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR USE BY HUMANS OR ANIMALS, WHICH
COMBINATION IS:

(I) PREPARED IN REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF AN

AUTHORIZED PRESCRIBER'S PRESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN FOR SPECIFIC PATIENTS;

AND

(II) PREPARED IN QUANTITIES NOT GREATER THAN TWO TIMES
THE ANTICIPATED WEEKLY USAGE OF THE FORMULATION BASED ON AN
AUTHORIZED PRESCRIBER'S PRESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN FOR SPECIFIC PATIENTS AND
FILLED PREVIOUSLY BY THE PHARMACY;

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