Florida § 831.30 Medicinal drugs; fraud in obtaining

Florida Statutes

§ 831.30 — Medicinal drugs; fraud in obtaining

Florida § 831.30

TitleXLVI

Ch. 831FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING

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Fla. Stat. § 831.30 (2026).

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Whoever:

(1)Falsely makes, alters, or forges any prescription, as defined in s. 465.003, for a medicinal drug other than a drug controlled by chapter 893;

(2)Knowingly causes such prescription to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited; or

(3)Passes, utters, or publishes such prescription or otherwise knowingly holds out such false or forged prescription as true with intent to obtain such drug commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A second or subsequent conviction constitutes a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

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Whoever:

(1) Falsely makes, alters, or forges any prescription, as defined in s. 465.003, for a medicinal drug other than a drug controlled by chapter 893;

(2) Knowingly causes such prescription to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited; or

(3) Passes, utters, or publishes such prescription or otherwise knowingly holds out such false or forged prescription as true

with intent to obtain such drug commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A second or subsequent conviction constitutes a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.