Bus. & Prof. Code, § 4325 · Article 20. Prohibitions and Offenses
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 4325
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) No person other than a physician, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, pharmacist, or other person authorized by law to dispense, administer, or prescribe controlled substances, or the person’s agent acting under authorization by the person to print prescription blanks, and acting in the regular practice of the person’s profession, shall knowingly and willfully manufacture, copy, reproduce, or possess, or cause to be manufactured, copied, reproduced, or possessed, any prescription blank that purports to bear the name, address, and federal registry or other identifying information of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, or other person authorized by law to dispense, administer, or prescribe controlled substances.
(b) Every person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 890, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.
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