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§ 21-2A-08. Liability of Department agents and employees, prescribers or dispensers

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--GeneralEffective: October 1, 2022

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health--General
Title 21. Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 2a. Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2022
MD Code, Health - General, § 21-2A-08
§ 21-2A-08. Liability of Department agents and employees, prescribers or dispensers
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Department agents and employees
(a) With respect to the administration and operation of the Program, the Department and its agents and employees are not subject to liability arising from:
(1) The inaccuracy of any information submitted to the Program in accordance with this subtitle; or
(2) The unauthorized use or disclosure of prescription monitoring data or naloxone medication data by a person to whom the Program was authorized to provide prescription monitoring data or naloxone medication data under this subtitle.
Prescribers, prescriber delegate, pharmacist, or pharmacist delegate
(b) Except as provided in § 21-2A-09(b)(3) of this subtitle, a prescriber, prescriber delegate, pharmacist, or pharmacist delegate, acting in good faith, is not subject to liability or disciplinary action arising solely from:
(1) Requesting or receiving, or failing to request or receive, prescription monitoring data from the Program; or
(2) Acting, or failing to act, on the basis of prescription monitoring data provided by the Program.

Credits

Added by Acts 2011, c. 166, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2011. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 147, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2022, c. 224, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2022.
MD Code, Health - General, § 21-2A-08, MD HEALTH GEN § 21-2A-08
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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