Illegal prescribing of medicine consists of any physician or other person, while under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or narcotic, prescribing or compounding for any other person, any poison, drug or medicine.
Whoever commits illegal prescribing of medicine while under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or narcotic is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-8-8, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 8-8.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Section 30-8-1 - Public nuisance.
Section 30-8-2 - Polluting water.
Section 30-8-3 - Refuse defined.
Section 30-8-6 - Posting; notice to public.
Section 30-8-7 - Public education.
Section 30-8-8 - Abatement of a public nuisance.
Section 30-8-8.1 - Abatement of house of prostitution.
Section 30-8-9 - Abandonment of dangerous containers.