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217.207 Theft, criminal possession, trafficking, or unlawful possession of a
prescription blank.
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A person is guilty of theft of a prescription blank when he unlawfully takes or
exercises control over a prescription blank belonging to another.
A person is guilty of criminal possession of a prescription blank when, with
knowledge that he has no lawful authority to possess a prescription blank, he
possesses 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.
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.
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.
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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