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SENATE BILL 19
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(PRE–FILED) CF HB 229
By: Senator Lam
Requested: October 28, 2021
Introduced and read first time: January 12, 2022
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 13, 2022
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Pharmacists – Administration of Maintenance Injectable Medications – 2
Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections 3
FOR the purpose of altering the definition of “maintenance injectable medication” for the 4
purposes of provisions of law governing the administration of maintenance injectable 5
medications by pharmacists to include a medication that treats a sexually 6
transmitted infection and is not a vaccine; and generally relating to the 7
administration of maintenance injectable medications by pharmacists. 8
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9
Article – Health Occupations 10
Section 12–101(o–1) 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2021 Replacement Volume) 13
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 14
Article – Health Occupations 15
Section 12–509(a) and (b) 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2021 Replacement Volume) 18
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20
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Article – Health Occupations 1
12–101. 2
(o–1) (1) “Maintenance injectable medication” means a medication that: 3
(i) Is administered by injection other than intravenously; and 4
(ii) 1. Treats a chronic need, condition, or disorder; OR 5
2. TREATS A SEXUALLY TRA NSMITTED INFECTION A ND 6
IS NOT A VACCINE. 7
(2) “Maintenance injectable medication” includes a medication for the 8
treatment of a psychiatric disorder or substance use disorder, contraception, and vitamins. 9
12–509. 10
(a) In addition to the authority granted to a pharmacist under § 12–508 of this 11
subtitle, a pharmacist, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board, may 12
administer: 13
(1) A self–administered drug to a patient that is prescribed by an 14
authorized prescriber; and 15
(2) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a maintenance injectable 16
medication that is not a biological product to a patient: 17
(i) That is prescribed by an authorized prescriber; 18
(ii) In accordance with a standing order issued by an authorized 19
public health official; or 20
(iii) In accordance with a protocol under Subtitle 6A of this title. 21
(b) A pharmacist may not administer an initial dose of a maintenance injectable 22
medication product under subsection (a)(2) of this section unless the pharmacist receives 23
written approval from the prescriber. 24
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 25
October 1, 2022. 26