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RSMo 579.115effective 01 Jan 2017

Copy of suspicious transaction report for certain drugs to be submitted to chief law enforcement officer, when

In plain English

Drug makers and sellers who deal in certain cold medicine chemicals (like pseudoephedrine) have to report strange or unusual sales to the federal government. When they do that, they also have to send a copy of that report to the local top law enforcement official. This has to happen before the sale is done, or as soon as possible after. Not doing this is a serious crime.

Penalties named in this law
class E felonyup to 4 years in prison

Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.

Word-for-word law

579.115. Copy of report for certain drugs to be submitted to chief , when — suspicious transaction defined — . — 1. Any or who sells, s, or otherwise furnishes , or , or any of their salts, and salts of optical isomers, alone or in a mixture, and is required by federal law to report any suspicious transaction to the United States , shall submit a copy of the report to the chief law official with before completion of the sale or as soon as thereafter.

2. As used in this section, "suspicious transaction" means any sale or transfer required to be reported 21 U.S.C. Section 830(b)(1).

3. The of failure to report suspicious transactions is a .

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Source & history notes

(L. 2001 S.B. 89 & 37, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Transferred 2014; formerly 195.515; Effective 1-01-17

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