Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 12-512 - Single dispensing of prescription drugs by pharmacist(a) In this section, "authorized prescriber" has the meaning stated in § 12-101 of this title.(b) This section does not apply to:(1) A controlled dangerous substance as defined in § 5-101 of the Criminal Law Article; or(2) The first prescription or change in a prescription for a drug that an authorized prescriber prescribes for a patient.(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a pharmacist may dispense, in a single dispensing and exercising the professional judgment of the pharmacist, a quantity of a prescription drug that:(1) Is up to the total number of dosage units authorized by the prescriber on the original prescription and any refills of the prescription;(2) Except for a contraceptive dispensed on or after January 1, 2020, does not exceed a 90-day supply of the prescription drug; and(3) For a contraceptive dispensed on or after January 1, 2020, does not exceed a 12-month supply of the prescription drug.(d) A pharmacist may not dispense, in a single dose, a quantity of a prescription drug that exceeds the limit prescribed by a prescriber when the prescriber has indicated that the prescription be dispensed only as prescribed.Added by 2018 Md. Laws, Ch. 461,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2018.