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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.1285 — Offense: diversion of controlled substance by registrants, dispensers, and certain other persons

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 481: TEXAS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT, Texas Health and Safety Code.

Full text of Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.1285

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.1285Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
(a) This section applies only to a registrant, a dispenser, or a person who, pursuant to Section 481.062 (a)(1) or (2), is not required to register under this subchapter. (b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: (1) converts to the person's own use or benefit a controlled substance to which the person has access by virtue of the person's profession or employment; or (2) diverts to the unlawful use or benefit of another person a controlled substance to which the person has access by virtue of the person's profession or employment. (c) An offense under Subsection (b)(1) is a state jail felony. An offense under Subsection (b)(2) is a felony of the third degree. (d) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.

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