Alabama § 13A-12-320 - Deceptively Obtaining a Prescription for a Controlled Substance.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 13A-12-320 — Deceptively Obtaining a Prescription for a Controlled Substance., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13A-12-320. Deceptively Obtaining a Prescription for a Controlled Substance.
(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.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13A-12-320 ("Deceptively Obtaining a Prescription for a Controlled Substance.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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