Section 565.350

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Chapter 565

Effective - 27 Jun 2003, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  565.350.  Until December 31, 2016 — Tampering with a prescription or a drug prescription order, crime of — penalty. — 1.  Any pharmacist licensed pursuant to chapter 338 commits the crime of tampering with a prescription or a prescription drug order as defined in section 338.095 if such person knowingly:

  (1)  Causes the intentional adulteration of the concentration or chemical structure of a prescribed drug or drug therapy without the knowledge and consent of the prescribing practitioner;

  (2)  Misrepresents a misbranded, altered, or diluted prescription drug or drug therapy with the purpose of misleading the recipient or the administering person of the prescription drug or drug therapy; or

  (3)  Sells a misbranded, altered, or diluted prescription drug therapy with the intention of misleading the purchaser.

  2.  Tampering with a prescription drug order is a class A felony.

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(L. 2003 S.B. 5)

Effective 6-27-03

Transferred 2014; now 579.090; Effective 1-01-17