(1) (a) No person shall obtain a controlled substance or procure the administration of a controlled substance by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or by the forgery or alteration of an order; or by the concealment of a material fact; or by the use of a false name or the giving of a false address.
(b) Information communicated to a practitioner in an effort to procure a controlled substance other than for legitimate treatment purposes or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such controlled substance shall not be deemed a privileged communication.
(c) No person shall willfully make a false statement in any order, report, or record required by this article.
(d) No person, for the purpose of obtaining a controlled substance, shall falsely assume the title of, or represent himself to be, a manufacturer, distributor, practitioner, or other person authorized by law to obtain a controlled substance.
(e) No person shall make or utter any false or forged order.
(f) No person shall affix any false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing a controlled substance.
(2) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits:
(a) A level 4 drug felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401.5.
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1352), ch. 259, p. 1170, � 8, effective August 11, 2010.)
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 371, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2002: (2)(a) and (2)(b) amended, p. 1520, � 215, effective October 1. L. 2010: (2) amended, (HB 10-1352), ch. 259, p. 1170, � 8, effective August 11. L. 2013: (2)(a) amended, (SB 13-250), ch. 333, p. 1923, � 24, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 12-22-315 as it existed prior to 1992.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsections (2)(a) and (2)(b), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
18-18-416. Controlled substances - inducing consumption by fraudulent means. (1) It is unlawful for any person, surreptitiously or by means of fraud, misrepresentation, suppression of truth, deception, or subterfuge, to cause any other person to unknowingly consume or receive the direct administration of any controlled substance, as defined in section 18-18-102 (5); except that nothing in this section shall diminish the scope of health care authorized by law.
(2) A person who violates the provisions of this section commits a level 3 drug felony.
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 371, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2013: (2) amended, (SB 13-250), ch. 333, p. 1923, � 25, effective October 1.