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Earlier editions: 2020-112018-112026-09

DIVISION 10. UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 11000-11651›CHAPTER 5. Use of Controlled Substances 11210-11306›ARTICLE 2. Treatment of Addicts for Addiction 11215-11223

§ 11218

California Health and Safety Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A physician treating a person with substance use disorder for addiction may not prescribe for or furnish to the person with substance use disorder more than any one of the following amounts of controlled substances during each of the first 15 days of that treatment:

(a) Eight grains of opium.

(b) Four grains of morphine.

(c) Six grains of Pantopon.

(d) One grain of Dilaudid.

(e) Four hundred milligrams of isonipecaine (Demerol).

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 21, Sec. 10. (AB 1130) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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