Nevada § 453.331 - Unlawful acts relating to distribution of certain controlled substances by registrants, use of unauthorized registration number and possession of signed blank prescription forms; certain fraudulent acts prohibited; penalty

Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 453.331 — Unlawful acts relating to distribution of certain controlled substances by registrants, use of unauthorized registration number and possession of signed blank prescription forms; certain fraudulent acts prohibited; penalty, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 453.331. Unlawful acts relating to distribution of certain controlled substances by registrants, use of unauthorized registration number and possession of signed blank prescription forms; certain fraudulent acts prohibited; penalty

1. It is unlawful for a person knowingly or intentionally to: (a) Distribute as a registrant a controlled substance classified in schedule I or

II, except pursuant to an order form as required by NRS 453.251 ; (b) Use in the course of the manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance

a registration number which is fictitious, revoked, suspended or issued to another

person; (c) Assume falsely the title of or represent himself or herself as a registrant or

other person authorized to possess controlled substances; (d) Acquire or obtain or attempt to acquire or obtain possession of a controlled substance

or a prescription for a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery,

deception, subterfuge or alteration; (e) Furnish false or fraudulent material information in, or omit any material information

from, any application, report or other document required to be kept or filed under

the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552 , inclusive, or any record required to be kept by those sections; (f) Sign the name of a fictitious person or of another person on any prescription

for a controlled substance or falsely make, alter, forge, utter, publish or pass,

as genuine, any prescription for a controlled substance; (g) Make, distribute or possess any punch, die, plate, stone or other thing designed

to print, imprint or reproduce the trademark, trade name or other identifying mark,

imprint or device of another or any likeness of any of the foregoing upon any drug

or container or labeling thereof so as to render the drug a counterfeit substance; (h) Possess prescription blanks which have been signed before being filled out; or (i) Make a false representation to a pharmacist for the purpose of obtaining a controlled

substance for which a prescription is required. 2. A person who violates this section is guilty of a category C felony and shall be

punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 453.331 ("Unlawful acts relating to distribution of certain controlled substances by registrants, use of unauthorized registration number and possession of signed blank prescription forms; certain fraudulent acts prohibited; penalty") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. 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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