RS 40:1060.13 - Sale, distribution, or possession of legend drug without prescription or order prohibited; exceptions; penalties A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, deliver, or possess any legend drug except upon the order or prescription of a physician or licensed health care practitioner as defined in R.S. 40:961. This Section shall not apply to sale, delivery, or possession by drug wholesalers or drug manufacturers, or their agents or employees, or to any practitioner acting within the scope of his license, or to a common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or any employee thereof, whose possession of any legend drug is in the usual course of business or employment. B. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Acts 2006, No. 565, §1; Acts 2007, No. 287, §1; Acts 2010, No. 360, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1238.1 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S; Acts 2018, No. 203, §1.
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