Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 577

Public Safety Offenses

←577.614

Section 577.625.1

577.628→

August 28, 2015

Until December 31, 2016--Distribution of prescription medication on public or private school property--exceptions--violations, penalty.

577.625. 1. No person less than twenty-one years of age shall distribute

upon the real property comprising a public or private elementary or secondary

school or school bus a prescription medication to any individual who does not

have a valid prescription for such medication. For purposes of this section,

prescription medication shall not include medication containing a controlled

substance, as defined in section 195.010.



2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person

authorized to distribute a prescription medication by any school personnel

who are responsible for storing, maintaining, or dispensing any prescription

medication under chapter 338. This section shall not limit the use of any

prescription medication by emergency personnel, as defined in section

565.081, during an emergency situation.



3. Any person less than twenty-one years of age who violates this section

is guilty of a class B misdemeanor for a first offense and a class A

misdemeanor for any second or subsequent offense.



(L. 2005 H.B. 353 and S.B. 254, A.L. 2005 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 2)



Effective 9-15-05



Transferred 2014; now 579.150; Effective 1-01-17







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