Arkansas § 20-64-217 Fraud or deceit

Arkansas Statutes

§ 20-64-217 — Fraud or deceit

Arkansas § 20-64-217

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Bluebook

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-64-217 (2026).

Text

(1)No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a narcotic drug, or procure or attempt to procure the administration of a narcotic drug:

(a)by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or (b) by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any order; or (c) by the concealment of a material fact; or (d) by the use of a false name or the giving of a false address.

(2)Information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully to procure a narcotic drug, or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug, shall not be deemed a privileged communication.

(3)No person shall willfully make a false statement in any prescription, order, report, or record, required by this subchapter.

(4)No person shall, for the purpose of obtaining a narcotic drug, falsely assume the t

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(1) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a narcotic drug, or procure or attempt to procure the administration of a narcotic drug: (a) by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or (b) by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any order; or (c) by the concealment of a material fact; or (d) by the use of a false name or the giving of a false address. (2) Information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully to procure a narcotic drug, or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug, shall not be deemed a privileged communication. (3) No person shall willfully make a false statement in any prescription, order, report, or record, required by this subchapter. (4) No person shall, for the purpose of obtaining a narcotic drug, falsely assume the title of, or represent himself to be, a manufacturer, wholesaler, apothecary, physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other authorized person. (5) A person shall not make or utter a false or forged prescription or false or forged order. (6) No person shall affix any false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing narcotic drugs. (7) The provisions of this section shall apply to all transactions relating to narcotic drugs under the provisions of § 20-64-208 , in the same way as they apply to transactions under all other sections.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2013, No. 1331,§ 8, eff. 8/16/2013. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1331,§ 7, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1937, No. 344, § 17; Pope's Dig., § 10142; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1017.