# N.M. Stat. § 26-1-3: Prohibited acts

> New Mexico · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_STATUTES_C26_A1_S26-1-3

## Section

- **Citation:** N.M. Stat. § 26-1-3
- **Heading:** Prohibited acts
- **Jurisdiction:** New Mexico
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 26 / Article 1 / Section 26-1-3

## Text

The following acts are prohibited:

A. the sale of any drug or device that is adulterated, misbranded or a counterfeit drug which is not a controlled substance;

B. the adulteration or misbranding of any drug or device;

C. the receipt or delivery in commerce of any drug or device that is adulterated, misbranded or a counterfeit drug which is not a controlled substance;

D. the dissemination of any false advertisement;

E. the giving of a false guaranty or undertaking, except by a person who relied on a guaranty or undertaking as attested by label or labeling from whom he received in good faith the drug or device for sale;

F. any act with respect to a drug or device when the act is done while the drug or device is held for sale and results in the drug or device being misbranded or adulterated;

G. the creation, sale, disposition, possession or concealment of any punch, die, plate, stone or other thing designed to print, imprint or reproduce the trademark, trade name or other identifying mark, imprint, device of another or any likeness of any of the foregoing upon any drug or container or labeling so as to render the drug a counterfeit drug;

H. concealment, disposition or possession with intent to sell or preparation with intent to defraud of a counterfeit drug;

I. in the case of a dangerous drug distributed or offered for sale in this state, the failure of the manufacturer or repackager to transmit, to any practitioner licensed to administer the drug who makes a written request for information, true and correct copies of all printed matter which is required to be included in any package in which that drug is distributed or sold or such other printed matter as is approved under the federal act. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to exempt any person from any labeling requirement imposed under other provisions of the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act and the Controlled Substances Act; 1 and

J. except as provided in Sections 26-3-1 through 26-3-3 NMSA 1978 , dispensing or causing to be dispensed a different drug or brand of drug in place of the drug or brand of drug ordered or prescribed without the express permission in each case of the person ordering or prescribing.

## Nearby sections

- [N.M. Stat. § 26-1-1 § 26-1-1. Short title](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_STATUTES_C26_A1_S26-1-1.md)
- [N.M. Stat. § 26-1-1 § 26-1-1. Short title](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_C26_A1_S26-1-1.md)
- [N.M. Stat. § 26-1-2 § 26-1-2. Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_STATUTES_C26_A1_S26-1-2.md)
- [N.M. Stat. § 26-1-2 § 26-1-2. Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_C26_A1_S26-1-2.md)
- [N.M. Stat. § 26-1-3 § 26-1-3. Prohibited acts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_C26_A1_S26-1-3.md)
- [N.M. Stat. § 26-1-3 § 26-1-3. Prohibited acts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_STATUTES_C26_A1_S26-1-3.md)
- [N.M. Stat. § 26-1-3.2 § 26-1-3.2. Prescription drug donation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_STATUTES_C26_A1_S26-1-3.2.md)
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- [N.M. Stat. § 26-1-4 § 26-1-4. Power to enjoin violations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_STATUTES_C26_A1_S26-1-4.md)
- [N.M. Stat. § 26-1-4 § 26-1-4. Power to enjoin violations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_C26_A1_S26-1-4.md)
- [N.M. Stat. § 26-1-5 § 26-1-5. Penalty; exemptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_C26_A1_S26-1-5.md)
- [N.M. Stat. § 26-1-5 § 26-1-5. Penalty; exemptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_STATUTES_C26_A1_S26-1-5.md)
- [N.M. Stat. § 26-1-6 § 26-1-6. Detection of drugs, devices or cosmetic believed adulterated, misbranded or counterfeit; condemnation; destruction or correction of defect; forfeiture and sale](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_NM_C26_A1_S26-1-6.md)
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