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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. § 13-705

(a) (1) A registered nurse practitioner or a physician licensed to practice medicine in the State may prescribe emergency use epinephrine in the name of a certificate holder.

(2) A registered nurse practitioner, a pharmacist licensed to practice pharmacy in the State, or a physician may dispense emergency use epinephrine under a prescription issued to a certificate holder.

(b) A certificate holder may:

(1) On presentment of a certificate, receive from any registered nurse practitioner or any physician licensed to practice medicine in the State a prescription for emergency use epinephrine and the necessary paraphernalia for the administration of emergency use epinephrine; and

(2) Possess and store prescribed emergency use epinephrine and the necessary paraphernalia for the administration of emergency use epinephrine.

(c) In an emergency situation when registered nurse practitioner, physician, or emergency medical services are not immediately available, a certificate holder or agent may administer emergency use epinephrine to an individual who is experiencing or believed in good faith by the certificate holder or agent to be experiencing anaphylaxis.

Official source: Maryland General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Maryland statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.