Louisiana § RS 40:971.2 - Unlawfully prescribing, distributing, dispensing, or assisting in illegally obtaining controlled dangerous substances
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§ RS 40:971.2. Unlawfully prescribing, distributing, dispensing, or assisting in illegally obtaining controlled dangerous substances
A. This Section shall be known as and may be cited as the "Pain Management Clinic Drug Abuse and Overdose Prevention Act".
B. It shall be unlawful for a physician, other licensed health care practitioner as defined in R.S. 40:961(31), or any other person to knowingly or intentionally commit any of the following acts:
(1) Assist a patient or any other person in obtaining a controlled dangerous substance through misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, or subterfuge.
(2) Write a prescription for a controlled dangerous substance for a fictitious person.
(3) Distribute or dispense a controlled dangerous substance to a fictitious person.
(4) Operate any type of business or establishment where the primary purpose of the business or establishment is the sale, exchange, barter, or trade of a controlled dangerous substance for anything of value through misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, or subterfuge.
C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, and in addition may be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars.
Acts 2005, No. 25, §1; Acts 2006, No. 51, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 40:971.2 ("Unlawfully prescribing, distributing, dispensing, or assisting in illegally obtaining controlled dangerous substances") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. 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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