1. (a) This section does not apply to:

   1. (1) a government unit;
   2. (2) a health or medical agency approved by the Secretary of Health;
   3. (3) a medical, pharmaceutical, or other professional publication not publicly distributed; or
   4. (4) a news item or article published in a newspaper, magazine, or book.

2. (b) A person may not advertise, allow to be advertised, or call to public attention:

   1. (1) a drug, medicine, preparation, or substance for the treatment, alleviation, or cure of venereal disease; or
   2. (2) a person from whom or a place where a drug, medicine, preparation, or substance for the treatment, alleviation, or cure of venereal disease may be obtained.
3. (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 for each violation.

Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2002. Amended by Acts 2017, c. 62, § 6.

Formerly Art. 27, § 322.