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LR 1797
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1.__Prohibited acts.__A person may not perform, cause to be
performed, aid or abet any violation of this subchapter, including
the following acts:

 
A.__Providing the board, another official of the State or a
federal official with false or fraudulent records or making
false or fraudulent statements regarding a matter within the
provisions of this subchapter;

 
B.__Obtaining or attempting to obtain a prescription drug by
fraud, deceit or misrepresentation or engaging in
misrepresentation or fraud in the distribution of a
prescription drug;

 
C.__Adulterating, misbranding or counterfeiting a
prescription drug;

 
D.__Manufacturing, repackaging, selling, transferring,
delivering, holding or offering for sale a prescription drug
that is adulterated, misbranded, counterfeited, suspected of
being counterfeited or otherwise unfit for distribution;

 
E.__Receiving a prescription drug that is adulterated,
misbranded, stolen, obtained by fraud or deceit,
counterfeited or suspected of being counterfeited and
delivering or offering to deliver the prescription drug; and

 
F.__Altering, mutilating, destroying, obliterating or
removing the whole or part of the label of a prescription
drug or any other act that misbrands a prescription drug.

 
2. Penalties.__Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 17-A,
section 1301, a violation of this subchapter is a Class B offense
for which a fine of up to $50,000 may be adjudged, unless the
State proves that the person in violation of this subchapter
knowingly violated this subchapter, in which case the violation
is a Class A offense for which a penalty of no more that $500,000
may be adjudged.

 
§13848.__Examination

 
The board shall develop an examination regarding state and
federal laws governing the wholesale distribution of prescription
drugs that is to be taken by a designated representative pursuant
to section 13843, subsection 3, paragraph C.

 
§13849. Rules


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