PRINTER'S NO. 2072
No. 1619 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY RAMALEY, HARHAI, HARRIS, PASHINSKI, MARSHALL,
DeLUCA, GERGELY, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, LEACH,
MAHONEY, MANN, MILNE, MURT, PYLE AND THOMAS, JUNE 25, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 25, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of
3 furnishing over-the-counter medication to minors.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 6310.8. Furnishing over-the-counter medication to minors.
9 (a) Offense defined.--Any person who knowingly furnishes any
10 over-the-counter medication to a minor for nonmedical purposes,
11 which causes or may cause substantial impairment, commits a
12 misdemeanor of the first degree.
13 (b) Alternate grading.--If the substantial impairment under
14 subsection (a) results in serious bodily injury or death, the
15 person commits a felony of the third degree.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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