Ch. 615                                    1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(4) In compliance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Board
under this section.

(i) Subject to the Administrative Procedure Act, the Board may suspend or
revoke the home [hemodialysis] DIALYSIS distribution permit of any home
[hemodialysis] DIALYSIS distribution permit holder who fails to comply with subsection
(h) of this section.

12-703.

A person may not establish or operate a pharmacy in this State OR A
NONRESIDENT PHARMACY unless the person holds a pharmacy permit issued by the
Board.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 615
(Senate Bill 664)

AN ACT concerning

State Board of Pharmacy - Disciplinary and Regulatory Authority

FOR the purpose of altering certain disciplinary and regulatory authority of the State
Board of Pharmacy; authorizing the Board to adopt a certain code of conduct for
licensees; requiring the Board to disclose certain information to certain
governmental units under certain circumstances; authorizing the Board to initiate
programs and projects necessary to inform or protect the public; altering the
grounds on which the Board may take disciplinary action against certain licensees
and applicants; authorizing the Board under certain circumstances to assess a
certain monetary penalty instead of or in addition to taking certain other action;
prohibiting a stay or challenge to the hearing of charges on the basis of a certain
procedural defect; providing for the legal discovery and admissibility of certain
proceedings, records, files, orders, medical or hospital records, and other exhibits;
prohibiting the stay of an order of the Board pending administrative or judicial
review; establishing a Pharmacy Review Committee to advise the Board concerning
certain matters; providing for the legal discovery and admissibility of the
proceedings, records, and files of the Pharmacy Review Committee and for certain
civil immunity of a member of the Committee; authorizing certain injunctive action
in the name of the State or the Board; specifying the nature of proof required for
the injunctive action and the relationship of that action to certain other types of
actions; authorizing the Board under certain circumstances and at its expense to
require a pharmacy licensee to submit to an examination by a health care provider
designated by the Board; providing for a certain consent to and waiver by a
pharmacy licensee to a certain examination and for the evidentiary weight to be

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