2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:1238.1 - Sale, distribution, or possession of legend drug without prescription or order prohibited; exceptions; penalties

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§1238.1. Sale, distribution, or possession of legend drug without prescription or order prohibited; exceptions; penalties

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, deliver, or possess any legend drug except upon the order or prescription of a physician or licensed health care practitioner as defined in R.S. 40:961(31). This Section shall not apply to sale, delivery, or possession by drug wholesalers or drug manufacturers, or their agents or employees, or to any practitioner acting within the scope of his license, or to a common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or any employee thereof, whose possession of any legend drug is in the usual course of business or employment.

B. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 360, §1.

C. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years and may be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than five thousand dollars.

Acts 2006, No. 565, §1; Acts 2007, No. 287, §1; Acts 2010, No. 360, §1.

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