North Carolina § 14-401 - 20. Defrauding drug and alcohol screening tests; penalty.
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§ 14-401. 20. Defrauding drug and alcohol screening tests; penalty.
It is unlawful for a person to do any of the following: Sell, give away, distribute, or market urine in this State or transport urine into this State with the intent that it be used to defraud a drug or alcohol screening test. Attempt to foil or defeat a drug or alcohol screening test by the substitution or spiking of a sample or the advertisement of a sample substitution or other spiking device or measure. It is unlawful for a person to do any of the following: Adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample with the intent to defraud a drug or alcohol screening test. Possess adulterants that are intended to be used to adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample for the purpose of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test. Sell adulterants with the intent that they be used to adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample for the purpose of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test. A violation of this section is punishable as follows: For a first offense under this section, the person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. For a second or subsequent offense under this section, the person is guilty of a Class I felony. History (2002-183, s. 1.)
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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