2006 Ohio Revised Code - 2925.06. Illegal administration or distribution of anabolic steroids.

§ 2925.06. Illegal administration or distribution of anabolic steroids.
 

(A)  No person shall knowingly administer to a human being, or prescribe or dispense for administration to a human being, any anabolic steroid not approved by the United States food and drug administration for administration to human beings. 

(B)  This section does not apply to any person listed in division (B) (1), (2), or (3) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code to the extent and under the circumstances described in those divisions. 

(C)  Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of illegal administration or distribution of anabolic steroids, a felony of the fourth degree, and division (C) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code applies in determining whether to impose a prison term on the offender. 

(D)  In addition to any prison term authorized or required by division (C) of this section and sections 2929.13 and 2929.14 of the Revised Code and in addition to any other sanction imposed for the offense under this section or sections 2929.11 to 2929.18 of the Revised Code, the court that sentences an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (A) of this section shall do both of the following: 

(1) The court shall suspend the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit in accordance with division (G) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code. If an offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit is suspended in accordance with that division, the offender may request termination of, and the court may terminate, the suspension in accordance with that division. 

(2) If the offender is a professionally licensed person, the court immediately shall comply with section 2925.38 of the Revised Code. 

(E)  If a person commits any act that constitutes a violation of division (A) of this section and that also constitutes a violation of any other provision of the Revised Code, the prosecutor, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, using customary prosecutorial discretion, may prosecute the person for a violation of the appropriate provision of the Revised Code. 
 

HISTORY: 146 v S 2 (Eff 7-1-96); 146 v S 269. Eff 7-1-96; 149 v S 123, § 1, eff. 1-1-04.
 

The effective date is set by section 4 of S.B. 123. 

See provisions of § 5 of S.B. 123 (149 v  - ) following RC § 2925.01. 

 

Effect of Amendments

S.B. 123, Acts 2002, effective January 1, 2004, in (D)(1), deleted "revoke or" preceding "suspend the offender's driver's", substituted "suspended" for "revoked" and "suspension" for "revocation"; in (D)(2), deleted "or a person who has been admitted to the bar by order of the supreme court in compliance with its prescribed and published rules" following "licensed person" and inserted "immediately".