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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 483.045 — Forging or altering prescription
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 483: DANGEROUS DRUGS, Texas Health and Safety Code.
Full text of Tex. Health & Safety Code § 483.045
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.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) forges a prescription or increases the prescribed quantity of a dangerous drug in a prescription; (2) issues a prescription bearing a forged or fictitious signature; (3) obtains or attempts to obtain a dangerous drug by using a forged, fictitious, or altered prescription; (4) obtains or attempts to obtain a dangerous drug by means of a fictitious or fraudulent telephone call; or (5) possesses a dangerous drug obtained by a forged, fictitious, or altered prescription or by means of a fictitious or fraudulent telephone call. (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the defendant that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense under this chapter, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
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