(a)        It is unlawful for a person to do any of the following:

(1)        Sell, give away, distribute, or market urine in this State or transport urine into this State with the intent that it be used to defraud a drug or alcohol screening test.

(2)        Attempt to foil or defeat a drug or alcohol screening test by the substitution or spiking of a sample or the advertisement of a sample substitution or other spiking device or measure.

(b)        It is unlawful for a person to do any of the following:

(1)        Adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample with the intent to defraud a drug or alcohol screening test.

(2)        Possess adulterants that are intended to be used to adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample for the purpose of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test.

(3)        Sell adulterants with the intent that they be used to adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample for the purpose of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test.

(c)        A violation of this section is punishable as follows:

(1)        For a first offense under this section, the person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(2)        For a second or subsequent offense under this section, the person is guilty of a Class I felony. (2002-183, s. 1.)

Attorney's Note

Under the N.C. Gen. Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class I felonybetween 3 and 12 months
Class 1 misdemeanorup to 120 days
For details, see § 15A-1340.17 and § 15A-1340.23

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 14-401.20

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3