Rhode Island General Laws
Article IV - Offenses and Penalties
Section 21-28-4.03. - Prohibited acts C — Penalties.

§ 21-28-4.03. Prohibited acts C — Penalties.
(a) It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally:
(1) To distribute as a registrant a controlled substance, except pursuant to an order form as required by § 21-28-3.10;
(2) To use in the course of the manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance a registration number, which is fictitious, revoked, suspended, or issued to another person;
(3) To acquire or obtain possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, or subterfuge;
(4) To furnish false or fraudulent material information in, or omit any material information from, any application, report, or other document required to be kept or filed under this chapter or any record required to be kept by this chapter; or
(5) To make, distribute, or possess any punch, die, plate, stone, or other thing designed to print, imprint, or reproduce the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or device of another or any likeness of any of these upon any drug or container or labeling of the drug or container so as to render the drug a counterfeit substance.
(b) Any person who violates this chapter is guilty of a crime and upon conviction may be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 154, § 1.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 21 - Food and Drugs

Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act

Article IV - Offenses and Penalties

Section 21-28-4.01. - Prohibited acts A — Penalties. [As amended by P.L. 2021, ch. 100, § 1 and P.L. 2021, ch. 101, § 1.]

Section 21-28-4.01.1. - Certain quantities of controlled substances.

Section 21-28-4.01.2. - Certain quantities of controlled substances.

Section 21-28-4.02. - Prohibited acts B — Penalties.

Section 21-28-4.03. - Prohibited acts C — Penalties.

Section 21-28-4.04. - Sale of hypodermic syringes and needles and retractable hypodermic syringes and needles.

Section 21-28-4.05. - Prohibited acts E — False representations to obtain controlled substances.

Section 21-28-4.06. - Prohibited acts F — Places used for unlawful sale, use, or keeping of controlled substances.

Section 21-28-4.07. - Distribution to persons under age 18.

Section 21-28-4.07.1. - Distribution or manufacturing in or near schools.

Section 21-28-4.07.2. - Distribution to individuals without knowledge — Crime of violence.

Section 21-28-4.08. - Conspiracy.

Section 21-28-4.09. - General penalty clause.

Section 21-28-4.10. - Penalties under other laws.

Section 21-28-4.11. - Second offenses.

Section 21-28-4.12. - Bar to prosecution.

Section 21-28-4.13. - Impersonation of health officials — Penalties.

Section 21-28-4.14. - Third or subsequent offenses.

Section 21-28-4.15. - Employment of person under age eighteen (18).

Section 21-28-4.16. - Crimes against pharmacies.

Section 21-28-4.16.1. - Larceny of a controlled substance.

Section 21-28-4.16.2. - Tampering with a controlled substance.

Section 21-28-4.17. - Additional assessment.

Section 21-28-4.17.1. - Assessment for drug education, counseling and treatment.

Section 21-28-4.18. - Prohibited acts by law enforcement officials — Penalties.

Section 21-28-4.19. - Reduction of sentence.

Section 21-28-4.20. - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) — Testing.

Section 21-28-4.21. - Drug testing required.

Section 21-28-4.22. - Preparation of summons and related records — Consent and form.