Kansas Statutes 65-4167. Trafficking in counterfeit drugs
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-4167
- Drug: means substances:
(A) Recognized as drugs in the official United States pharmacopeia, official homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States or official national formulary or any supplement to any of them;
(B) intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in human or animals;
(C) other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of human or animals; and
(D) intended for use as a component of any article specified in subparagraph (A), (B) or (C). See Kansas Statutes 65-4101
(a) Trafficking in counterfeit drugs is intentionally manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, selling or delivering for consumption purposes, or holding or offering for sale, any counterfeit drug.
(b) Trafficking in counterfeit drugs which have a retail value of less than $500 is a class A nonperson misdemeanor, trafficking in counterfeit drugs which have a retail value of at least $500 but less than $25,000 is a severity level 9, nonperson felony and trafficking in counterfeit drugs which have a retail value of $25,000 or more is a severity level 7, nonperson felony.
(c) A pharmacy which is inadvertently in possession of counterfeit drugs may return those drugs to the supplier who provided the drugs to the pharmacy.