Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/WVCODE/code.cfm?chap=60A&art=5&section=508
Timestamp: 2018-02-23 08:45:48
Document Index: 281594382

Matched Legal Cases: ['§60', '§60', '§60', '§60', '§60', '§60']

60 A- 5 - 501
60 A- 5 - 502
60 A- 5 - 503
60 A- 5 - 504
60 A- 5 - 505
60 A- 5 - 506
60 A- 5 - 507
60 A- 5 - 508
ARTICLE 5. ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
§60A-5-501. Powers of enforcement personnel.
(a) Any member of the State Police, any sheriff, any deputy sheriff, any municipal police officer and any campus police officer may in the enforcement of the provisions of this act:
(3) Make arrests without warrant for any offense under this act committed in his presence, or if he has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a violation of this act which may constitute a felony;
(4) Make seizures of property pursuant to this act; or
(5) Perform such other law-enforcement duties as said state Board of Pharmacy or said appropriate department, board or agency, as specified in section 301, designates.
(b) All officers, agents, inspectors, and representatives of the said state Board of Pharmacy and of the said appropriate department, board, or agency, as specified in section 301, and members of the State Police may execute and serve administrative warrants issued incident to the enforcement of the provisions of this act. Any such officer, agent, inspector, and representative of the said state Board of Pharmacy and of the said appropriate department, board, or agency, as specified in said section 301, may:
(1) Execute and serve subpoenas and summonses issued under the authority of this state;
(2) Make arrests without warrant for any offense under this act committed in his presence, or if he has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a violation of this act which may constitute a felony; or
(3) Make seizures of property pursuant to this act.
(c) All prosecuting attorneys and the Attorney General, or any of their assistants, shall assist in the enforcement of all provisions of this act and shall cooperate with all agencies charged with the enforcement of the laws of the United States, of this state, and of all other states relating to controlled substances.
§60A-5-503. Injunctions.
(a) The courts of record of this state have and may exercise jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin violations of this act.
(b) The defendant may demand trial by jury for an alleged violation of an injunction or restraining order under this section.
§60A-5-505.
Acts, 1988 Reg. Sess., Ch. 23.
§60A-5-506. Burden of proof; liability of officers.
(a) It is not necessary for the state to negate any exemption or exception in this act in any complaint, information, indictment, or other pleading or in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding under this act. The burden of proof of any exemption or exception is upon the person claiming it.
(b) In the absence of proof that a person is the duly authorized holder of an appropriate registration or order form issued under this act, he is presumed not to be the holder of the registration or form. The burden of proof is upon him to rebut the presumption.
(c) No liability is imposed by this act upon any authorized state, county, or municipal officer, engaged in the lawful performance of his duties.
§60A-5-507. Judicial review.
All final determinations, findings, and conclusions of the said state Board of Pharmacy or the appropriate department, board, or agency, as specified in section 301, made under this act after hearing are final and conclusive decisions of the matters involved. Any person aggrieved by the decision may obtain review of the decision pursuant to the provisions of articles five and six, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
§60A-5-508. Education and research.
(a) The said state Board of Pharmacy and the appropriate departments, boards, and agencies, as specified in section 301, and the division on alcoholism and drug abuse in the department of mental health (all hereinafter in this section referred to as "such agencies"), shall carry out educational programs designed to prevent and deter misuse and abuse of controlled substances. In connection with these programs they may:
(5) Disseminate the results of research on misuse and abuse of controlled substances to promote a better public understanding of what problems exist and what can be done to combat them; and
(6) Assist in the education and training of state and local law-enforcement officials in their efforts to control misuse and abuse of controlled substances.
(b) Such agencies shall encourage research on misuse and abuse of controlled substances. In connection with the research, and in furtherance of the enforcement of this act, such agencies may:
(2) Makes studies and undertake programs of research to:
(i) Develop new or improved approaches, techniques, systems, equipment, and devices to strengthen the enforcement of this act;
(ii) Determine patterns of misuse and abuse of controlled substances and the social effects thereof; and,
(iii) Improve methods for preventing, predicting, understanding, and dealing with the misuse and abuse of controlled substances; and,
(c) Such agencies may enter into contracts for educational and research activities without performance bonds.
(d) Such agencies may authorize persons engaged in research on the use and effects of controlled substances to withhold the names and other identifying characteristics of individuals who are the subjects of the research. Persons who obtain this authorization are not compelled in any civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceeding to identify the individuals who are the subjects of research for which the authorization was obtained.
(e) Such agencies may authorize the possession and distribution of controlled substances by persons engaged in research. Persons who obtain this authorization are exempt from state prosecution for possession and distribution of controlled substances to the extent of the authorization.