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(b) 5ubsection (a) hereof does not apply to manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacists, owners of pharmacies, dentists, doctors of inedicine and surgery, doctors of osteopathic medicine and surgery, doctors of podiatry, veterinarians, and other persons whose conduct is in accordance with Ohio R.C. Chapters 3719, 4715, 4729, 4731, and 4741 or to optometrists whose conduct is in accordance with a valid therapeutic pharmaceutical agents certificate issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4725. (c) Whoever violates this secrion is guilty of illegal dispensing of drug samples. If the drug involved in the offense is a dangerous drug or a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance included in Schedule III, IV, or V, or is marihuana, the penalty for the offense shall be determined as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)(2) hereof, illegal dispensing of drug samples is a misdemeanor of the second degree. - (2) If the offense was committed in the vicinity of a school or in the vicinity of a juvenile, illegal dispensing of drug samples is a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 2925.36) Section 9. Section 513.13 of the General Offenses Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 513.13 COUNTERFEIT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. (a) No person shall knowingly possess any counterfeit controlled substance. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of possession of counterfeit controlled substances, a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 2925.37) Section 10. Section 517.05 of the General Offenses Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 517.05 CHEATING. (a) No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person is facilitating a fraud, shall engage in conduct designed to corrupt the outcome of any of the following: (1) The subject of a bet; (2) A contest of knowledge, skill, or endurance that is not an athletic or sporting event; (3) A scheme or game of chance. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of cheating, a misdemeanor of the first degree, if the potential gain from the cheating is less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or if the offender previously has not been convicted of any gambling offense or of any theft offense as defined in Ohio R. C. 2913.01. (ORC 2915.05) Section 11. Section 525.02 of the General Offenses Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 525.02 FALSIFICATION. (a) No person shall knowingly make a false statement, or knowingly swear or affirm the truth of a false statement previously made, -when any of the following applies: (1) The statement is made in any official proceeding. (2) The statement is made with purpose to incriminate another. (3) The statement is made with purpose to mislead a public official in performing the public official's official function.