Kansas Statutes
Article 54 - Crimes Against Persons
21-5425 Unlawful administration of a substance.

21-5425. Unlawful administration of a substance. (a) Unlawful administration of a substance is the administration of a substance to another person without consent with the intent to impair such other person's physical or mental ability to appraise or control such person's conduct.
(b) Unlawful administration of a substance is a class A person misdemeanor.
(c) This section shall not prohibit administration of any substance described in subsection (d) for lawful medical or therapeutic treatment.
(d) As used in this section, "administration of a substance" means any method of causing the ingestion by another person of a controlled substance, including gamma hydroxybutyric acid, or any controlled substance analog, as defined in K.S.A. 65-4101, and amendments thereto, of gamma hydroxybutyric acid, including gamma butyrolactone; butyrolactone; butyrolactone gamma; 4-butyrolactone; 2(3H)-furanone dihydro; dihydro-2(3H)-furanone; tetrahydro-2-furanone; 1,2-butanolide; 1,4-butanolide; 4-butanolide; gamma-hydroxybutyric acid lactone; 3-hydroxybutyric acid lactone and 4-hydroxybutanoic acid lactone with CAS No. 96-48-0; 1,4 butanediol; butanediol; butane-1,4-diol; 1,4-butylene glycol; butylene glycol; 1,4-dihydroxybutane; 1,4-tetramethylene glycol; tetramethylene glycol; tetramethylene 1,4-diol.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 60; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 25; July 1.

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