§ 5-64-1006 — Suspicious transaction reports

(a) Any pharmacy, manufacturer, wholesaler, or retail distributor that is required to keep records under this subchapter and that sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, or their salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers, alone or in a mixture, to any person in this state in a suspicious transaction shall report the transaction in writing to the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy. (b) Any person who does not submit a report as required by subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (c) As used in this section, "suspicious transaction" means a sale or transfer to which either of the following applies: (1) The circumstances of the sale or transfer would lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance is likely to be used for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing a controlled substance in violation of this chapter based on such factors as: (A) The amount involved; (B) The method of payment; (C) The method of delivery; and (D) Past dealings with the person acquiring the substance; or (2) The transaction involves payment for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, or their salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers, alone or in a mixture, in cash or money orders totaling more than two hundred dollars ($200). (d) (1) The board shall adopt by rule criteria for determining whether a transaction is a suspicious transaction, taking into consideration the recommendations in Appendix A, Report to the United States Attorney General by the Suspicious Orders Task Force, under the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-237. (2) In addition to any other penalty provided for in this section, the board may impose a civil penalty for a violation of subsection (a) of this section not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation.

Legislative History

Acts 2001, No. 1209, § 2; 2005, No. 256, § 4.