DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS 500-4999.129›CHAPTER 9. Pharmacy 4000-4426›ARTICLE 20. Prohibitions and Offenses 4320-4343
§ 4323
California Business and Professions Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
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.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 890, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)
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