Maryland · Maryland Code — Criminal Law Article
Md. Code, Crim. Law § 5-702: (a) (1) This subsection applies to a person engaged in the business of selling prescription drugs, controlled dangerous substances, medicines, chemicals, or preparations for medical use or of compounding or dispensing these in accordance with physicians’ prescriptions
What this law says, in plain English
A person engaged in selling or dispensing prescription drugs or medicines cannot knowingly sell or deliver a drug different from what was prescribed or ordered. Violation is a misdemeanor with penalties of 1 month to 1 year imprisonment, a $100–$500 fine, or both.
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