2011 Montana Code Annotated
TITLE 45. CRIMES
CHAPTER 9. DANGEROUS DRUGS
Part 1. Offenses Involving Dangerous Drugs
45-9-104. Fraudulently obtaining dangerous drugs.

45-9-104. Fraudulently obtaining dangerous drugs. A person commits the offense of fraudulently obtaining dangerous drugs if the person obtains or attempts to obtain a dangerous drug, as defined in 50-32-101, by:
(1) fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge;
(2) falsely assuming the title of or representing that the person is a manufacturer, wholesaler, practitioner, pharmacist, owner of a pharmacy, or other person authorized to possess dangerous drugs;
(3) the use of a forged, altered, or fictitious prescription;
(4) the use of a false name or a false address on a prescription;
(5) the concealment of a material fact;
(6) knowingly or purposefully failing to disclose to a practitioner, as defined in 50-32-101, that the person has received the same or a similar dangerous drug or prescription for a dangerous drug from another source within the prior 30 days; or
(7) knowingly or purposefully communicating false or incomplete information to a practitioner with the intent to procure the administration of or a prescription for a dangerous drug. A communication of this information for the purpose provided in this subsection is not a privileged communication.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 314, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 359, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 54-134; amd. Sec. 1719, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 194, L. 2011.