217.207 Theft, criminal possession, trafficking, or unlawful possession of a

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prescription blank.

(1)A person is guilty of theft of a prescription blank when he unlawfully takes or

exercises control over a prescription blank belonging to another.

(2)A person is guilty of criminal possession of a prescription blank when, with

knowledge that he has no lawful authority to possess a prescription blank, he

possesses a prescription blank with the intent to make or utter a forged prescription

or sell or transfer the prescription blank to another person for that purpose.

(3)A person is guilty of trafficking in prescription blanks when he knowingly and

unlawfully traffics in a prescription blank or a forged prescription for a legend drug.

(4)The knowing, with intent to violate this chapter, possession of a prescription blank

by a person other than a pharmacist, practitioner, or other person authorized by law

to prescribe or dispense a legend drug, a manufacturer, wholesaler, or distributor, or

by a person lawfully printing or reproducing prescription blanks, shall be prima

facie evidence that the prescription blank was possessed for the purpose of making

or uttering a forged prescription or for sale or transfer to another person for that

purpose.

(5)Any person who violates any subsection of this section shall be guilty of a Class A

misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for a second or subsequent

offense.