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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a narcotic drug, or procure or attempt to procure the administration of a narcotic drug:
(a) by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or
(b) by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any order; or
(c) by the concealment of a material fact; or
(d) by the use of a false name or the giving of a false address.
(2) Information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully to procure a narcotic drug, or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug, shall not be deemed a privileged communication.
(3) No person shall willfully make a false statement in any prescription, order, report, or record, required by this subchapter.
(4) No person shall, for the purpose of obtaining a narcotic drug, falsely assume the title of, or represent himself to be, a manufacturer, wholesaler, apothecary, physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other authorized person.
(5) A person shall not make or utter a false or forged prescription or false or forged order.
(6) No person shall affix any false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing narcotic drugs.
(7) The provisions of this section shall apply to all transactions relating to narcotic drugs under the provisions of § 20-64-208, in the same way as they apply to transactions under all other sections.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-64-217. Fraud or deceit - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-20-public-health-and-welfare/ar-code-sect-20-64-217/
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