Section 18-18-415 - Fraud and deceit(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. 1170, p. 1170, § 8, effective August 11, 2010.)Amended by 2013 Ch. 333, § 24, eff. 10/1/2013.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.This section is similar to former § 12-22-315 as it existed prior to 1992.
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.