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Statutes > Missouri > T12 > C195 > 195_204

Fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance, penalty.

195.204. 1. A person commits the offense of fraudulently attemptingto obtain a controlled substance if he obtains or attempts to obtain acontrolled substance or procures or attempts to procure the administrationof the controlled substance by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, orsubterfuge; or by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of anywritten order; or by the concealment of a material fact; or by the use of afalse name or the giving of a false address. The crime of fraudulentlyattempting to obtain a controlled substance shall include, but shall not belimited to nor be limited by, the following:

(1) Knowingly making a false statement in any prescription, order,report, or record, required by sections 195.005 to 195.425;

(2) For the purpose of obtaining a controlled substance, falselyassuming the title of, or representing oneself to be, a manufacturer,wholesaler, pharmacist, physician, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, orother authorized person;

(3) Making or uttering any false or forged prescription or false orforged written order;

(4) Affixing any false or forged label to a package or receptaclecontaining controlled substances;

(5) Possess a false or forged prescription with intent to obtain acontrolled substance.

2. Fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance is aclass D felony.

3. Information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully toprocure a controlled substance or unlawfully to procure the administrationof any such drug shall not be deemed a privileged communication; provided,however, that no physician or surgeon shall be competent to testifyconcerning any information which he may have acquired from any patientwhile attending him in a professional character and which information wasnecessary to enable him to prescribe for such patient as a physician, or toperform any act for him as a surgeon.

4. The provisions of this section shall apply to all transactionsrelating to narcotic drugs under the provisions of section 195.080, in thesame way as they apply to transactions under all other sections.

(L. 1989 S.B. 215 & 58, A.L. 1997 H.B. 635)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T12 > C195 > 195_204

Fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance, penalty.

195.204. 1. A person commits the offense of fraudulently attemptingto obtain a controlled substance if he obtains or attempts to obtain acontrolled substance or procures or attempts to procure the administrationof the controlled substance by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, orsubterfuge; or by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of anywritten order; or by the concealment of a material fact; or by the use of afalse name or the giving of a false address. The crime of fraudulentlyattempting to obtain a controlled substance shall include, but shall not belimited to nor be limited by, the following:

(1) Knowingly making a false statement in any prescription, order,report, or record, required by sections 195.005 to 195.425;

(2) For the purpose of obtaining a controlled substance, falselyassuming the title of, or representing oneself to be, a manufacturer,wholesaler, pharmacist, physician, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, orother authorized person;

(3) Making or uttering any false or forged prescription or false orforged written order;

(4) Affixing any false or forged label to a package or receptaclecontaining controlled substances;

(5) Possess a false or forged prescription with intent to obtain acontrolled substance.

2. Fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance is aclass D felony.

3. Information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully toprocure a controlled substance or unlawfully to procure the administrationof any such drug shall not be deemed a privileged communication; provided,however, that no physician or surgeon shall be competent to testifyconcerning any information which he may have acquired from any patientwhile attending him in a professional character and which information wasnecessary to enable him to prescribe for such patient as a physician, or toperform any act for him as a surgeon.

4. The provisions of this section shall apply to all transactionsrelating to narcotic drugs under the provisions of section 195.080, in thesame way as they apply to transactions under all other sections.

(L. 1989 S.B. 215 & 58, A.L. 1997 H.B. 635)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T12 > C195 > 195_204

Fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance, penalty.

195.204. 1. A person commits the offense of fraudulently attemptingto obtain a controlled substance if he obtains or attempts to obtain acontrolled substance or procures or attempts to procure the administrationof the controlled substance by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, orsubterfuge; or by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of anywritten order; or by the concealment of a material fact; or by the use of afalse name or the giving of a false address. The crime of fraudulentlyattempting to obtain a controlled substance shall include, but shall not belimited to nor be limited by, the following:

(1) Knowingly making a false statement in any prescription, order,report, or record, required by sections 195.005 to 195.425;

(2) For the purpose of obtaining a controlled substance, falselyassuming the title of, or representing oneself to be, a manufacturer,wholesaler, pharmacist, physician, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, orother authorized person;

(3) Making or uttering any false or forged prescription or false orforged written order;

(4) Affixing any false or forged label to a package or receptaclecontaining controlled substances;

(5) Possess a false or forged prescription with intent to obtain acontrolled substance.

2. Fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance is aclass D felony.

3. Information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully toprocure a controlled substance or unlawfully to procure the administrationof any such drug shall not be deemed a privileged communication; provided,however, that no physician or surgeon shall be competent to testifyconcerning any information which he may have acquired from any patientwhile attending him in a professional character and which information wasnecessary to enable him to prescribe for such patient as a physician, or toperform any act for him as a surgeon.

4. The provisions of this section shall apply to all transactionsrelating to narcotic drugs under the provisions of section 195.080, in thesame way as they apply to transactions under all other sections.

(L. 1989 S.B. 215 & 58, A.L. 1997 H.B. 635)