Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 831.311 (2025)

Unlawful sale, manufacture, alteration, delivery, uttering, or possession of counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances.

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831.311 Unlawful sale, manufacture, alteration, delivery, uttering, or possession of counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances.
(1) It is unlawful for any person having the intent to injure or defraud any person or to facilitate any violation of s. 893.13 to sell, manufacture, alter, deliver, utter, or possess with intent to injure or defraud any person, or to facilitate any violation of s. 893.13, any counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances, the form and content of which are adopted by rule of the Department of Health pursuant to s. 893.065.
(2) Any person who violates this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.s. 1, ch. 2007-156; s. 42, ch. 2016-105.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 831.311

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§831.311FRAUDSELL POSS MFG ALTER DOH PRESCRIPTION BLANKSF · 3rd
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2009–2019 · leading case: In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-Report 2018-12., 272 So. 3d 243 (Fla. 2019).
In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-Report 2018-12., 272 So. 3d 243 (Fla. 2019). · cites it 2× “(Defendant) [sold] [manufactured] [altered] [delivered] [uttered] [possessed] any counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances.”
In re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—Report No. 2008-07, 3 So. 3d 1172 (Fla. 2009). · cites it 2× “19 UNLAWFUL SALE, MANUFACTURE, ALTERATION, DELIVERY, UTTERING OR POSSESSION OF COUNTERFEIT^ RESISTANT PRESCRIPTION BLANKS FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES § 831.311, Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Unlawful Sale, Manufacture, Alteration, Delivery, Ut *1174 tering or Possession of…”
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