ORS 167.212

Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case State v. Bennett (1986)

Most recently applied in State v. Evilsizer (October 2013)

1971 c.743 §275; 1977 c.745 §34; 1995 c.440 §15

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(1) A person commits the crime of tampering with drug records if the person knowingly:

(a) Alters, defaces or removes a controlled substance label affixed by a manufacturer, wholesaler or apothecary, except that it shall not be unlawful for an apothecary to remove or deface such a label for the purpose of filling prescriptions;

(b) Affixes a false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing controlled substances;

(c) Makes or utters a false or forged prescription or false or forged official written order for controlled substances; or

(d) Makes a false statement in any controlled substance prescription, order, report or record required by ORS 475.005 to 475.285 and 475.752 to 475.980.

(2) Tampering with drug records is a Class C felony.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.