No person or firm may sell a hypodermic syringe to another, except to a hospital or one licensed to prescribe or dispense a "controlled dangerous substance" by the laws of this state or the United States, without first requiring identification of the purchaser of a prescription, certificate of need or an authorization, written or verbal, for the purchase of the hypodermic syringe from a licensed physician or official of a state, county, or city-county health department; and if the need is for use of the hypodermic syringe with animals or fowl, the certificate, prescription or authorization may be from a doctor of veterinary medicine. (1991 Code § 11-102)