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37 Drug Abuse Control 513.10 <br />(2) If the offense was committed in the vicinity of a school or in the vicinity of <br />a juvenile, illegal dispensing of drug samples is a misdemeanor of the first <br />degree. <br />(d) In addition to any other sanction imposed for an offense under this section, the court <br />that sentences an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this section shall <br />suspend for not less than six months or more than five years the offender's driver's or commercial <br />driver's license or permit. (ORC 2925.36) <br />513.09 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR PRESCRIPTION LABELS. <br />(a) No person shall alter, deface or remove any label affixed by a manufacturer, <br />wholesaler, pharmacist or licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who dispenses <br />a controlled substance in a package or container, as long as any of the original contents remain, <br />except when lawfully filling a prescription. (ORC 3719.08) <br />(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, if the <br />offender has not previously been convicted of a violation of this section, Ohio R.C. 3719.07 or <br />3719.08 or a drug abuse offense. (ORC 3719.99(C)) <br />513.10 HYPODERMIC POSSESSION, DISPLAY AND DISPENSING. <br />(a) Posses sion of a hypodermic is authorized for the following: <br />(1) A manufacturer or distributor of, or dealer in, hypodermics or medication <br /> packaged in hypodermics, and any authorized agent or employee of that <br /> manufacturer, distributor or dealer, in the regular course of business; <br />(2) Terminal distributor of dangerous drugs, in the regular course of business; <br />(3) A person authorized to administer injections, in the regular course of the <br /> person's profession or employment;.. <br />(4) A person, when the hypodermic was lawfully obtained and is kept and <br /> used for the purpose of self-administration of insulin or other drug <br /> prescribed for the treatment of disease by a licensed health professional <br /> authorized to prescribe drugs; <br />(5) A person whose use of a hypodermic is for legal. research, clinical, <br /> educational or medicinal purposes; <br />(6) A farmer, for the lawful administration of a drug to an animal; <br />(7) A person whose use of a hypodermic is for lawful professional, <br /> mechanical, trade or craft purposes. <br />(b) No manufacturer or distributor of, or dealer in, hypodermics or medication <br />packaged in hypodermics, or their authorized agents or employees, and no terminal distributor of <br />dangerous drugs, shall display any hypodermic for sale. No person authorized to possess a <br />hypodermic pursuant to division (a) of this section shall negligently fail to take reasonable <br />precautions to prevent any hypodermic in the person.'s possession from theft or acquisition by any <br />unauthorized person. <br />(ORC 3719.172) <br />(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. If the <br />offender has previously been convicted of a violation of this section, Ohio R.C. 3719.05, 3719.06, <br />3719.13, 3719.172(B) or (E), or 3719.31 or a drug abuse .offense, a violation is a misdemeanor <br />of the first degree. (ORC 3719.99(D)) <br />2003 Replacement <br />