Fraud or deceit

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  1. (1) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a narcotic drug, or procure or attempt to procure the administration of a narcotic drug:

    1. (a) by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or

    2. (b) by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any order; or

    3. (c) by the concealment of a material fact; or

    4. (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.


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