333.17766 Additional conduct constituting misdemeanor.

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Sec. 17766.

Except as provided in sections 17766d, 17780, and 21418, a person that does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor:

(a)Obtains or attempts to obtain a prescription drug by giving a false name to a pharmacist or other authorized seller, prescriber, or dispenser.

(b)Obtains or attempts to obtain a prescription drug by falsely representing that he or she is a lawful prescriber, dispenser, or licensee, or acting on behalf of a lawful prescriber, dispenser, or licensee.

(c)Falsely makes, utters, publishes, passes, alters, or forges a prescription.

(d)Knowingly possesses a false, forged, or altered prescription.

(e)Knowingly attempts to obtain, obtains, or possesses a drug by means of a prescription for other than a legitimate therapeutic purpose, or as a result of a false, forged, or altered prescription.

(f)Possesses or controls for the purpose of resale, or sells, offers to sell, dispenses, or gives away, a drug, pharmaceutical preparation, or chemical that has been dispensed on prescription and has left the control of a pharmacist.

(g)Possesses or controls for the purpose of resale, or sells, offers to sell, dispenses, or gives away, a drug, pharmaceutical preparation, or chemical that has been damaged by heat, smoke, fire, water, or other cause and is unfit for human or animal use.

(h)Prepares or permits the preparation of a prescription drug, except as delegated by a pharmacist.

(i)Sells a drug in bulk or in an open package at auction, unless the sale has been approved in accordance with rules of the board.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 30, Eff. Mar. 28, 1991 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 329 , Imd. Eff. Sept. 23, 2004 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 416 , Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2006 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 396 , Eff. Mar. 19, 2019

Popular Name: Act 368