1. (a) Except when dispensed directly to an ultimate user by an authorized provider who is not a pharmacist, a controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedule III or Schedule IV that is a drug to which § 21-220 of the Health--General Article applies may not be dispensed without a written prescription, an electronic prescription, or an oral prescription.

2. (b) Unless renewed by the authorized provider, the prescription may not be:

   1. (1) filled or refilled more than 6 months after the date of prescription; or
   2. (2) refilled more than five times.

Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2002. Amended by Acts 2020, c. 229, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022; Acts 2020, c. 230, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.

Formerly Art. 27, § 285.