Bus. & Prof. Code, § 4323 · Article 20. Prohibitions and Offenses
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 4323
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Every person who, in order to obtain any drug, falsely represents himself or herself to be a physician or other person who can lawfully prescribe the drug, or falsely represents that he or she is acting on behalf of a person who can lawfully prescribe the drug, in a telephone or electronic communication with a pharmacist, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 890, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=4323.
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