SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1029

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES PHILLIPS, REINHART, MOORE, WALTON (Co-sponsors),

CRAWFORD, BARTELSMEYER, MYERS, LUETKEMEYER, HOSMER, QUINN, BARTLE, HUNTER,

MERIDETH, LINTON, FROELKER, CUNNINGHAM, BLACK AND KELLEY (47).

Pre-filed December 3, 2001, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

2476L.01I

AN ACT

To amend chapter 565, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the crime of tampering with pharmaceuticals, with a penalty provision.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 565, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 565.350, to read as follows:

565.350. 1. A person commits the crime of tampering with pharmaceuticals if such person intentionally:

(1) Dilutes a pharmaceutical from the concentration prescribed without the knowledge and consent of the individual who prescribed such pharmaceutical, and dispenses such pharmaceutical with the knowledge that the dilution may impair the effectiveness of the pharmaceutical; or

(2) Misrepresents a diluted pharmaceutical as an undiluted pharmaceutical with the purpose of misleading the recipient or person administering such pharmaceutical.

2. Tampering with pharmaceuticals is a class B felony, unless death or serious physical injury occurs as a result of such tampering, in which case the offense is a class A felony.


Missouri House of Representatives