South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts30—Forgery etc of prescriptions
(1) A person must not
forge or fraudulently alter or utter a prescription or other document, or have
in his or her possession such a prescription or document knowing it to be
forged or fraudulently altered, with a view to obtaining a prescription drug.
Maximum penalty: $15 000 or imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) A person must not
knowingly, by false representation, obtain—
(a) a
prescription drug; or
(b) a
prescription for a prescription drug.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2a) A person must
not, in or in connection with obtaining a prescription drug, give to the
person prescribing or supplying the drug a name or address that is false.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(3) A pharmacist must
retain any prescription or other document that he or she has reasonable cause
to believe has been forged or fraudulently altered and must forthwith deliver
any such prescription or document to the Commissioner of Police.