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party unless the pharmacy or NPLEx retailer has
violated the provision of this section and the third
party brings an action based on the pharmacy’s or
NPLEx retailer’s violation of this section.
(l) The following requirements apply to
NPLEx:
(1) Information contained in the NPLEx
may be shared only with law enforcement
officials.
(2) A law enforcement official may
access Indiana transaction information
maintained in the NPLEx for investigative
purposes.
(3) NADDI may not modify sales trans-
action data that is shared with law enforce-
ment officials.
(4) At least one (1) time per week,
NADDI shall forward Indiana data con-
tained in the NPLEx, including data con-
cerning a transaction that could not be
completed due to the issuance of a stop
sale alert, to the state police department.
35-48-4-15. Suspension of driver’s license.
Editor’s Note:
During the 2014 legislative
session, this statute was amended by P.L.217-
2014 (H.E.A. 1279). The effective date of the
amendment is January 1, 2015. Therefore, both
versions of this statute are set forth below:
Version #1 (effective until January 1, 2015)
(a) If a person is convicted of an offense under
section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, or 11 of this chap-
ter, or conspiracy to commit an offense under
section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, or 11 of this chap-
ter, and the court finds that a motor vehicle was
used in the commission of the offense, the court
shall, in addition to any other order the court
enters, order that the person’s:
(1) driver’s license be suspended;
(2) existing motor vehicle registrations be
suspended; and
(3) ability to register motor vehicles be
suspended;
by the bureau of motor vehicles for a period spec-
ified by the court of at least six (6) months but not
more than two (2) years.
(b) If a person is convicted of an offense
described in subsection (a) and the person does not
hold a driver’s license or a learner’s permit, the
court shall order that the person may not receive
a driver’s license or a learner’s permit from the
bureau of motor vehicles for a period of not less
than six (6) months.
Version #2 (effective beginning on January 1,
2015)
If a person is convicted of an offense under sec-
tion 1, 1.1, 2, 3, 4, or 10 of this chapter, and the
court finds that a motor vehicle was used in the
commission of the offense, the court may, in addi-
tion to any other order the court enters, order that
the person’s driving privileges be suspended by the
bureau of motor vehicles for a period specified by
the court of not more than two (2) years.
35-48-4-16. Defenses within 500 feet.
(a) For an offense under this chapter that
requires proof of:
(1) delivery of cocaine, a narcotic drug,
methamphetamine, or a controlled sub-
stance;
(2) financing the delivery of cocaine, a
narcotic drug, methamphetamine, or a con-
trolled substance; or
(3) possession of cocaine, a narcotic drug,
methamphetamine, or a controlled sub-
stance;
within five hundred (500) feet of school property
or a public park while a person less than eighteen
(18) years of age was reasonably expected to be
present, the person charged may assert the defense
in subsection (b) or (c).
(b) It is a defense for a person charged under
this chapter with an offense that contains an ele-
ment listed in subsection (a) that:
(1) a person was briefly in, on, or within
five hundred (500) feet of school prop-
erty or a public park while a person less
than eighteen (18) years of age was rea-
sonably expected to be present; and
(2) no person under eighteen (18) years
of age at least three (3) years junior to the
person was in, on, or within five hundred
(500) feet of the school property or public
park at the time of the offense.
(c) It is a defense for a person charged under
