155A.23  Prohibited acts.

A person shall not:

1.  Obtain or attempt to obtain a prescription drug or procure or attempt to procure the administration of a prescription drug by:

a.  Fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge.

b.  Forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any written order.

c.  Concealment of a material fact.

d.  Use of a false name or the giving of a false address.

2.  Willfully make a false statement in any prescription, report, or record required by this chapter.

3.  For the purpose of obtaining a prescription drug, falsely assume the title of or claim to be a manufacturer, wholesaler, pharmacist, pharmacy owner, physician, dentist, podiatric physician, veterinarian, or other authorized person.

4.  Make or utter any false or forged prescription or written order.

5.  Affix any false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing prescription drugs.

Information communicated to a physician in an unlawful effort to procure a prescription drug or to procure the administration of a prescription drug shall not be deemed a privileged communication.

Section History: Recent form

  87 Acts, ch 215, § 23; 95 Acts, ch 108, § 15

Internal References

  Referred to in § 155A.24


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