Md. Code, Crim. Law § 5-606 : CRIMINAL LAW — CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES, PRESCRIPTIONS, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES — CRIMES INVOLVING CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES AND PARAPHERNALIA — PRIMARY CRIMES —606 - False prescription TEXT PDF (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not pass, issue, make, or possess a false, counterfeit, or altered prescription for a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute the controlled dangerous substance. (b) Information that is communicated to an authorized prescriber in an effort to obtain a controlled dangerous substance in violation of subsection (a) of this section is not a privileged communication. Md. Code, CR § 5-606 Amended by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 515,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2017. Amended by 2015 Md. Laws, Ch. 490,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2015.