2023 Florida Statutes
< Back to Statute SearchTitle XLVI CRIMES
Chapter 831
FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING
SECTION 30Medicinal drugs; fraud in obtaining.
831.30 Medicinal drugs; fraud in obtaining.—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.
History.—s. 1, ch. 71-331; s. 1, ch. 72-234; s. 30, ch. 73-331; s. 12, ch. 2010-117; s. 16, ch. 2016-145.