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Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 13A-12-320: Deceptively Obtaining a Prescription for a Controlled Substance.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 13A Criminal Code.
  2. Chapter 12 Offenses Against Public Health and Morals.
  3. Article 5 Drug Offenses.
  4. Division 9 Deceptively Obtaining a Controlled Substance.

(a) It is unlawful for any person to deceptively obtain a controlled substance, as defined in Section 20-2-2(4), from a medical practitioner by intentionally and knowingly withholding information from the medical practitioner that the person has obtained a prescription for the same controlled substance or another controlled substance of similar therapeutic use in a concurrent time period from another medical practitioner. The unlawful activity is complete upon the delivery of the prescription to the patient and occurs at the location of the delivery.

(b) A violation of subsection (a) constitutes a Class A misdemeanor punishable as prescribed by law.

(c) A person who commits a fourth or subsequent violation of subsection (a) within a five-year period commits a Class C felony.

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