Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 483.045
Forging or Altering Prescription

(a)

A person commits an offense if the person:

(1)

forges a prescription or increases the prescribed quantity of a dangerous drug in a prescription;

(2)

issues a prescription bearing a forged or fictitious signature;

(3)

obtains or attempts to obtain a dangerous drug by using a forged, fictitious, or altered prescription;

(4)

obtains or attempts to obtain a dangerous drug by means of a fictitious or fraudulent telephone call; or

(5)

possesses a dangerous drug obtained by a forged, fictitious, or altered prescription or by means of a fictitious or fraudulent telephone call.

(b)

An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the defendant that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense under this chapter, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Source: Section 483.045 — Forging or Altering Prescription, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­483.­htm#483.­045 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

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