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ACT No. 203
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 224
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARINO
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1060.13 and 1060.15(B), relative to criminal offenses
3 involving legend drugs; to reduce criminal penalties for certain offenses involving
4 legend drugs; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1060.13 and 1060.15(B) are hereby amended and reenacted to
7 read as follows:
8 §1060.13. Sale, distribution, or possession of legend drug without prescription or
9 order prohibited; exceptions; penalties
10 A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, deliver, or possess any legend
11 drug except upon the order or prescription of a physician or licensed health care
12 practitioner as defined in R.S. 40:961(31). This Section shall not apply to sale,
13 delivery, or possession by drug wholesalers or drug manufacturers, or their agents
14 or employees, or to any practitioner acting within the scope of his license, or to a
15 common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or any employee thereof, whose
16 possession of any legend drug is in the usual course of business or employment.
17 C.B. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be
18 imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years and may be
19 sentenced to pay a fine of not more than five thousand dollars fined not more than
20 five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
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22 §1060.15. Obtaining legend drugs by misrepresentation or fraud; penalties
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1 B. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be
2 imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years and may be
3 sentenced to pay a fine of not more than five thousand dollars fined not more than
4 five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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