Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. § 21-1111
Sale of drugs or medicines by medicine show
Effective Oct 1, 2021Added as Health-Environmental § 4-1112 by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Transferred to Health-General § 21-1112 by Acts 1987, c. 306, § 2, eff. July 1, 1987. Renumbered as Health-General § 21-1111 by Acts 2021, c. 496, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 497, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2021.State of Maryland
(a) This section does not apply to any:
- (1) Surgical or dental instrument;
- (2) Physical therapy equipment;
- (3) X-ray apparatus; or
- (4) Component part or accessory of any of these items.
(b) A person may not:
- (1) Sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of any drug, medicine, pharmaceutical preparation, or medicinal preparation by means of any public exhibition, entertainment, performance, or carnival, commonly known as a “medicine show” or “patent medicine show”; or
(2) Put or cause to be put, in any way, any package, parcel, or sample of any drug or medicine:
- (i) In or on any part of any house, building, or yard without the consent of the owner or occupant; or
- (ii) On any street or public highway.
Added as Health-Environmental § 4-1112 by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Transferred to Health-General § 21-1112 by Acts 1987, c. 306, § 2, eff. July 1, 1987. Renumbered as Health-General § 21-1111 by Acts 2021, c. 496, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 497, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2021.
Formerly Art. 43, § 273.