Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:996.6

  • Dispense: means to deliver a controlled dangerous substance to the ultimate user or human research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for such delivery. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:961
  • Distribute: means to deliver a controlled dangerous substance whether by physical delivery, administering, subterfuge, furnishing a prescription, or by filling, packaging, labeling or compounding the substance pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:961
  • Manufacture: means the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, or processing of a controlled dangerous substance, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:961
  • Person: includes any institution whether public or private, hospitals or clinics operated by the state or any of its political subdivisions, and any corporation, association, partnership, or one or more individuals. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:961

A.  It is unlawful for any person to sell, distribute, manufacture, or dispense a dangerous substance following the adoption of a dangerous substance stop order.

B.  Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or may be imprisoned for not more than two years in the parish jail, or both.

C.  Each day of continued violation shall constitute a separate offense.

Acts 2012, No. 347, §1.