PUBLISHED

N.C.G.S. § 14-401.20

Defrauding drug and alcohol screening tests; penalty.

Effective date: 2026-08-08
Last verified: 2026-08-09
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(a) It is unlawful for a person to do any of the following: (1) Sell, give away, distribute, or market urine in this State or transport urine into this State with the intent that it be used to defraud a drug or alcohol screening test. (2) Attempt to foil or defeat a drug or alcohol screening test by the substitution or spiking of a sample or the advertisement of a sample substitution or other spiking device or measure. (b) It is unlawful for a person to do any of the following: (1) Adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample with the intent to defraud a drug or alcohol screening test. (2) Possess adulterants that are intended to be used to adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample for the purpose of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test. (3) Sell adulterants with the intent that they be used to adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample for the purpose of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test. (c) A violation of this section is punishable as follows: (1) For a first offense under this section, the person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (2) For a second or subsequent offense under this section, the person is guilty of a Class I felony. (2002-183, s. 1.)