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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 217 FOODS, DRUGS, AND POISONS
217.207 Theft, criminal possession, trafficking, or unlawful possession of a prescription blank.
Download pdfpossesses a prescription blank with the intent to make or utter a forged prescription
or sell or transfer the prescription blank to another person for that purpose. (3) A person is guilty of trafficking in prescription blanks when he knowingly and unlawfully traffics in a prescription blank or a forged prescription for a legend drug. (4) The knowing, with intent to violate this chapter, possession of a prescription blank by a person other than a pharmacist, practitioner, or other person authorized by law
to prescribe or dispense a legend drug, a manufacturer, wholesaler, or distributor, or
by a person lawfully printing or reproducing prescription blanks, shall be prima
facie evidence that the prescription blank was possessed for the purpose of making
or uttering a forged prescription or for sale or transfer to another person for that
purpose. (5) Any person who violates any subsection of this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for a second or subsequent
offense. Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 301, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998.
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