Alabama § 13A-12-320 Deceptively Obtaining a Prescription for a Controlled Substance

Alabama Statutes

§ 13A-12-320 — Deceptively Obtaining a Prescription for a Controlled Substance

Alabama § 13A-12-320

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 13ACriminal Code

Ch. 12Offenses Against Public Health and Morals

Art. 5Drug Offenses

Div. 9Deceptively Obtaining a Controlled Substance

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 13A-12-320 (2026).

Text

(a)It is unlawful for any person to deceptively obtain a controlled substance, as defined in Section 20-2-2(4), from a medical practitioner by intentionally and knowingly withholding information from the medical practitioner that the person has obtained a prescription for the same controlled substance or another controlled substance of similar therapeutic use in a concurrent time period from another medical practitioner. The unlawful activity is complete upon the delivery of the prescription to the patient and occurs at the location of the delivery.

(b)A violation of subsection (a) constitutes a Class A misdemeanor punishable as prescribed by law.

(c)A person who commits a fourth or subsequent violation of subsection (a) within a five-year period commits a Class C felony.

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(a) It is unlawful for any person to deceptively obtain a controlled substance, as defined in Section 20-2-2(4), from a medical practitioner by intentionally and knowingly withholding information from the medical practitioner that the person has obtained a prescription for the same controlled substance or another controlled substance of similar therapeutic use in a concurrent time period from another medical practitioner. The unlawful activity is complete upon the delivery of the prescription to the patient and occurs at the location of the delivery.
(b) A violation of subsection (a) constitutes a Class A misdemeanor punishable as prescribed by law.
(c) A person who commits a fourth or subsequent violation of subsection (a) within a five-year period commits a Class C felony.