Section 750.18 - Prohibiting mixing drugs or medicine; injuriously affecting quality; violations; penalties; “serious impairment of body function” defined; other violations committed.
THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 328 of 1931
750.18 Prohibiting mixing drugs or medicine; injuriously affecting quality; violations; penalties; “serious impairment of body function” defined; other violations committed.
Sec. 18.
(1) Except for the purpose of compounding in the necessary preparation of medicine, a person shall not knowingly or recklessly mix, color, stain, or powder, or order or permit another person to mix, color, stain, or powder, a drug or medicine with an ingredient or material so as to injuriously affect the quality or potency of the drug or medicine.
(2) A person shall not sell, offer for sale, possess for sale, cause to be sold, or manufacture for sale a drug or medicine mixed, colored, stained, or powdered in the manner proscribed in subsection (1).
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who violates subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
(4) A person who violates subsection (1) or (2), which violation results in personal injury, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $4,000.00, or both.
(5) A person who violates subsection (1) or (2), which violation results in serious impairment of a body function, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.
(6) A person who violates subsection (1) or (2), which violation results in death, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years or a fine of not more than $20,000.00, or both.
(7) A person who violates subsection (1) or (2) with the intent to kill or to cause serious impairment of a body function of 2 or more individuals, which violation results in death, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life without possibility of parole or life without possibility of parole and a fine of not more than $40,000.00. It is not a defense to a charge under this subsection that the person did not intend to kill a specific individual or did not intend to cause serious impairment of a body function of 2 or more specific individuals.
(8) As used in this section, “serious impairment of a body function” means that phrase as defined in section 58c of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.58c.
(9) This section does not prohibit an individual from being charged with, convicted of, or punished for any other violation of law that is committed by that individual while violating this section.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.18 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 213, Eff. Oct. 12, 2004
Former Law: See section 2 of Act 254 of 1881, being How., § 9325; CL 1897, § 11427; CL 1915, § 15145; and CL 1929, § 16697.