{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-64-217","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-64-217","heading":"Fraud or deceit","body":"(1) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a narcotic drug, or procure or attempt to procure the administration of a narcotic drug: (a) by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or (b) by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any order; or (c) by the concealment of a material fact; or (d) by the use of a false name or the giving of a false address. (2) Information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully to procure a narcotic drug, or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug, shall not be deemed a privileged communication. (3) No person shall willfully make a false statement in any prescription, order, report, or record, required by this subchapter. (4) No person shall, for the purpose of obtaining a narcotic drug, falsely assume the title of, or represent himself to be, a manufacturer, wholesaler, apothecary, physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other authorized person. (5) A person shall not make or utter a false or forged prescription or false or forged order. (6) No person shall affix any false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing narcotic drugs. (7) The provisions of this section shall apply to all transactions relating to narcotic drugs under the provisions of § 20-64-208 , in the same way as they apply to transactions under all other sections. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1331,§ 8, eff. 8/16/2013. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1331,§ 7, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1937, No. 344, § 17; Pope's Dig., § 10142; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1017.\n\n(1) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a narcotic drug, or procure or attempt to procure the administration of a narcotic drug: (a) by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or (b) by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any order; or (c) by the concealment of a material fact; or (d) by the use of a false name or the giving of a false address.\n\n(a) by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or\n\n(b) by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any order; or\n\n(c) by the concealment of a material fact; or\n\n(d) by the use of a false name or the giving of a false address.\n\n(2) Information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully to procure a narcotic drug, or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug, shall not be deemed a privileged communication.\n\n(3) No person shall willfully make a false statement in any prescription, order, report, or record, required by this subchapter.\n\n(4) No person shall, for the purpose of obtaining a narcotic drug, falsely assume the title of, or represent himself to be, a manufacturer, wholesaler, apothecary, physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other authorized person.\n\n(5) A person shall not make or utter a false or forged prescription or false or forged order.\n\n(6) No person shall affix any false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing narcotic drugs.\n\n(7) The provisions of this section shall apply to all transactions relating to narcotic drugs under the provisions of § 20-64-208 , in the same way as they apply to transactions under all other sections.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 64","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"c1aa3d012fcddc203fa8198a12a4591bd7f2fb62bd5d41c95e5d5c65c7428273","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-64-216","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-64-218"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}