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2020 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-2-402v2. Prohibited acts B - Penalties.

Universal Citation: 63 OK Stat § 63-2-402v2 (2020)
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A. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess a controlled dangerous substance unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order from a practitioner, while acting in the course of his or her professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by this act.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase any preparation excepted from the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act pursuant to Section 2-313 of this title in an amount or within a time interval other than that permitted by Section 2-313 of this title.

3. It shall be unlawful for any person or business to sell, market, advertise or label any product containing ephedrine, its salts, optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, for the indication of stimulation, mental alertness, weight loss, appetite control, muscle development, energy or other indication which is not approved by the pertinent federal OTC Final Monograph, Tentative Final Monograph, or FDA-approved new drug application or its legal equivalent. In determining compliance with this requirement, the following factors shall be considered:

  • a.the packaging of the product,
  • b.the name of the product, and
  • c.the distribution and promotion of the product, including verbal representations made at the point of sale.

B. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by confinement for not more than one (1) year and by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

C. Any person convicted of any offense described in this section shall, in addition to any fine imposed, pay a special assessment trauma-care fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to be deposited into the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund created in Section 1-2530.9 of this title.

Added by Laws 1971, c. 119, § 2-402. Amended by Laws 1972, c. 229, § 5, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Laws 1981, c. 34, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1981; Laws 1984, c. 127, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1987, c. 138, § 7, emerg. eff. June 19, 1987; Laws 1992, c. 86, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 311, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 147, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 530, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 382, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 396, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2004; Laws 2009, c. 306, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2012, c. 228, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; State Question No. 780, Initiative Petition No. 404, § 3, adopted at General Election held on November 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 530 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

NOTE: Laws 2004, c. 530, § 3 amended the effective date of Laws 2004, c. 396, § 3 from Nov. 1, 2004, to Sept. 1, 2004.

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