HB 1577 -- Tampering with Pharmaceuticals

Co-Sponsors:  Campbell, Lawson, Kreider, Kelly (27), Wilson (42),
Jolly, Harding, Lowe, Curls, Franklin, Sanders Brooks

This bill creates the crime of tampering with pharmaceuticals.
Tampering with pharmaceuticals includes purposely changing the
chemical formula or diluting a pharmaceutical without the consent
of the doctor who prescribed it and dispensing it with the
knowledge that the chemical change or dilution may impair its
effectiveness, misrepresenting a diluted pharmaceutical as being
undiluted, selling pharmaceuticals provided to physicians as
samples, selling misbranded pharmaceuticals, or selling
pharmaceuticals over the Internet without a prescription.
Tampering with pharmaceuticals is a class B felony.  If death or
serious injury occurs as a result of tampering with a
pharmaceutical, it is a class A felony.  In addition to criminal
penalties, tampering with pharmaceuticals is also considered an
unfair merchandising practice under Section 407.020, RSMo.
Individuals who violate this section must be reported to the
appropriate licensing board; and if the violation involved
changing a chemical formula or diluting pharmaceuticals, improper
substitution of pharmaceuticals, or the sale of misbranded
pharmaceuticals or physician samples, the individual's
professional license must be revoked immediately.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:01 am