Is it a felony or misdameaner? What would the sentence be? I have looked at hundred places but can't find the answer.
2007-12-13 14:38:58 · 7 answers · asked by tig 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
This isn't for me. I found out someone I know did this and was just wondering. It wasn't very smart of her.
2007-12-13 14:49:00 · update #1
I guess it would depend on if it was a narcotic and where you live etc., but I did find this article in SC where a woman was charged with a Felony. Here is what I found ...
Stephens County — A Clarkesville woman faces felony charges in connection with an attempt to get extra Lortab pills at a Stephens County pharmacy.
Stephens County Sheriff Gene Sorrells said Angela Grier, 39, took a prescription to be filled at Jerry White’s Pharmacy on Big A Road in Toccoa, and there was a discrepancy regarding the number of pills prescribed. The incident took place on Nov. 9, according to Stephens County Jail officials.
The pharmacist called the doctor who had prescribed the medication, officials said. The doctor reported it appeared the prescription had been changed.
Sheriff Sorrells said the doctor faxed a copy of his prescription to the pharmacy, and after comparing the two copies, the pharmacist called sheriff’s deputies.
Ms. Grier was arrested and taken to the County Jail, where she was charged with altering a prescription.
Her bond was set at $5,000, and she was released on bond on Wednesday, jail officials said.
I hope this was helpful ~~~
2007-12-13 14:49:03 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Sek ♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the drug you are trying to obtain.
If you are altering prescriptions to illegally obtain controlled narcotics it is a felony in most jurisdictions.
otherwise it is a misdemeanor. The sentence can be anything from a fine to jail time depending on the history of the criminal.
2007-12-13 14:43:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you are thinking of forging a prescription for a schedule II to V drug it is felony. I can't tell you what would happen it you were caught. Probably not much, but you never know.
2007-12-13 14:43:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the state laws. For example, here's California's:
"11368. Every person who forges or alters a prescription or who issues or utters an altered prescription, or who issues or utters a prescription bearing a forged or fictitious signature for any narcotic drug, or who obtains any narcotic drug by any forged, fictitious, or altered prescription, or who has in possession any narcotic drug secured by a forged, fictitious, or altered prescription, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six months nor more than one year, or in the state prison."
2007-12-13 14:47:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
a nurse altered my standing order from the doctor she then administered the drug to me at only 1/2 of what the prescribed what can I do about this? isn't it against the law? and on my bill they charged me for the full amount of the drug,
2015-12-16 01:42:37 · answer #5 · answered by Cory 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Altering a prescription is falsification and it is a crime under the Penal Law.
2007-12-13 14:42:55 · answer #6 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
felony...
2007-12-13 14:42:21 · answer #7 · answered by snozzberries 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋