A. For the purpose of inducing intoxication or distortion or disturbance of the auditory, visual, muscular, or mental process, no person shall ingest, use, or possess any compound, liquid, or chemical which contains ethylchloride, butyl nitrite, isobutyl nitrite, secondary butyl nitrite, tertiary butyl nitrite, amyl nitrite, isopropyl nitrite, isopentyl nitrite, or mixtures containing butyl nitrite, isobutyl nitrite, secondary butyl nitrite, tertiary butyl nitrite, amyl nitrite, isopropyl nitrite, isopentyl nitrite, or any of their esters, isomers, or analogues, or any other similar compound.
B. No person shall possess, buy, sell, or otherwise transfer any substance specified in subsection A of this section for the purpose of inducing or aiding any other person to inhale or ingest such substance or otherwise violate the provisions of this section.
C. The provisions of subsections A and B of this section shall not apply to:
1. The possession and use of a substance specified in subsection A of this section which is used as part of the care or treatment by a licensed physician of a disease, condition or injury or pursuant to a prescription of a licensed physician; and
2. The possession of a substance specified in subsection A of this section which is used as part of a known manufacturing process or industrial operation when the possessor has obtained a permit from the State Department of Health.
D. The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing procedures for the application, form and issuance of a permit to legitimate manufacturing and industrial applicants as provided for in subsection C of this section.
E. Any person convicted of violating any provision of subsection A or B of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed ninety (90) days or by the imposition of a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine. Each violation shall be considered a separate offense.
F. Any person convicted of any offense described in this section shall, in addition to any fine imposed, pay a special assessment trauma-care fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to be deposited into the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund created in Section 1-2522 of this title.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 79, § 1, operative July 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 306, § 5, emerg. eff. June 4, 1991; Laws 2004, c. 396, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
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