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§ 12-512. Quantities of prescription drugs

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth OccupationsEffective: October 1, 2018

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health Occupations (Refs & Annos)
Title 12. Pharmacists and Pharmacies (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Practice of Pharmacy and Operation of Pharmacies (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2018
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 12-512
§ 12-512. Quantities of prescription drugs
Currentness
“Authorized prescriber” defined
(a) In this section, “authorized prescriber” has the meaning stated in § 12-101 of this title.
Application of section
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) A controlled dangerous substance as defined in § 5-101 of the Criminal Law Article; or
(2) The first prescription or change in a prescription for a drug that an authorized prescriber prescribes for a patient.
Quantities dispensed
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a pharmacist may dispense, in a single dispensing and exercising the professional judgment of the pharmacist, a quantity of a prescription drug that:
(1) Is up to the total number of dosage units authorized by the prescriber on the original prescription and any refills of the prescription;
(2) Except for a contraceptive dispensed on or after January 1, 2020, does not exceed a 90-day supply of the prescription drug; and
(3) For a contraceptive dispensed on or after January 1, 2020, does not exceed a 12-month supply of the prescription drug.
Prescriber indication that prescription be dispensed only as prescribed
(d) A pharmacist may not dispense, in a single dose, a quantity of a prescription drug that exceeds the limit prescribed by a prescriber when the prescriber has indicated that the prescription be dispensed only as prescribed.

Credits

Added by Acts 2018, c. 461, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 12-512, MD HEALTH OCCUP § 12-512
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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