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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75860</law_id><section_number>54.1-3470</section_number><catch_line>Obtaining controlled paraphernalia by fraud, etc</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="34">Drug Control Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7">Controlled Paraphernalia</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall obtain or attempt to obtain any item, <span class="dictionary">device</span> or substance referred to in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Distribution of hypodermic needles or syringes, gelatin capsules, quinine or any of its salts" href="/54.1-3467/">54.1-3467</a> by <span class="dictionary">fraud</span>, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge or by giving a false name or a false address. <a id="paragraph-272386" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3470/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall furnish false or fraudulent information in or omit any information from, or willfully make a false statement in obtaining or attempting to obtain any of the instruments or substances referred to in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Distribution of hypodermic needles or syringes, gelatin capsules, quinine or any of its salts" href="/54.1-3467/">54.1-3467</a>. <a id="paragraph-272387" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3470/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall, for the purpose of obtaining any such instrument or substance, falsely claim to be a <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span>, wholesaler, pharmacist, <span class="dictionary">practitioner</span> of the healing arts, funeral director, embalmer or veterinarian.
			<span class="dictionary">Persons</span> violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-272388" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3470/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1971, Ex. Sess., cc. 210, 245; 1988, c. 765.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
