Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. § 21-221
Prescription drug labeling
Effective Jul 1, 1988Added as Health-Environmental § 4-221 by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Transferred to Health-General § 21-221 by Acts 1987, c. 306, § 2, eff. July 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1987, c. 306, § 15, eff. July 1, 1987; Acts 1988, c. 6, § 11, eff. July 1, 1988.State of Maryland
(a) A drug that is dispensed under a prescription shall bear a label that states:
- (1) The name and address of the dispenser;
- (2) The serial number of the prescription;
- (3) The date of the prescription or the date that the prescription was filled;
- (4) The name of the prescriber; and
(5) If stated in the prescription:
- (i) The name of the patient;
- (ii) Any directions for use; and
- (iii) Any cautionary statements.
(b) If a drug dispensed under a prescription meets the label requirements of this section, it is exempt from the provisions of:
- (1) Section 21-217(b)(3) through (7) of this subtitle; and
- (2) Section 21-218(b)(1) through (4), (7), (8), (13), and (14) of this subtitle.
- (c) The exemptions under this section do not apply to any drug that is dispensed in the course of the conduct of a business of dispensing drugs on the basis of diagnosis made through the mail.
Added as Health-Environmental § 4-221 by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Transferred to Health-General § 21-221 by Acts 1987, c. 306, § 2, eff. July 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1987, c. 306, § 15, eff. July 1, 1987; Acts 1988, c. 6, § 11, eff. July 1, 1988.
Formerly Art. 43, § 189C.