§1060.14. Prescription requirements; penalties
A. A prescription, in order to be effective in legalizing the possession of legend
drugs, shall be issued for a legitimate medical purpose by one authorized to prescribe the use
of such legend drugs. An order purporting to be a prescription issued to a drug abuser or
habitual user of legend drugs, not in the course of professional treatment, is not a prescription
within the meaning and intent of this Section. Any person who knows or should know that
he or she is filling such a prescription or order to a drug abuser or habitual user of legend
drugs, as well as the person issuing the prescription, may be charged with a violation of this
Section. A legitimate medical purpose shall include use of the drug in the course of a bona
fide research program in conjunction with a hospital or university.
B. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned, with
or without hard labor, for not more than five years and may be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than five thousand dollars.
Acts 2006, No. 565, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1238.2 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.