West Covina Municipal Code Art. XI Regulation of Ephedrine Purchases

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Editor's note— See editor's note following art. VIII.

The following definitions apply to this article:

Count means the number of pills, tablets, capsules, or individual units of a substance contained within an individual package, box or container.

Customer means any person who purchases or acquires the products described in this article, or persons who are present for the purchase or acquisition of ephedrine.

Ephedrine means any drug, substance or compound, whether legal or illegal that contains ephedrine hydrochloride, pseudoephedrine sulfate, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, pseudoephedrine or ephedrine.

Retailer means any single geographic location of any retail business, company, corporation, person, employee or associate who furnishes, distributes, sells, or gives away ephedrine.

Sell means to furnish, give away, exchange, transfer, deliver, surrender, or supply whether for monetary gain or not.

(Ord. No. 2016, § 2, 6-2-98)

(a) Limit on sales. No retailer shall sell to a single customer, more than two (2) packages of a product containing ephedrine in counts of twenty-four (24) or less per transaction per twenty-four-hour period, or more than one (1) package per transaction if the count is in excess of twenty-four (24) per package, or if the total weight or the amount of ephedrine contained in the packages exceeds a weight of three thousand (3,000) milligrams or three (3) grams.

(b) Limit on purchases. No customer shall purchase or acquire in any twenty-four-hour period, more than two (2) packages of a product containing ephedrine in counts of twenty-four (24) or less per transaction, or more than one (1) package per transaction if the count is in excess of twenty-four (24) per package, or if the total weight or the amount of ephedrine contained in the packages exceeds a weight of three thousand (3,000) milligrams or three (3) grams.

(Ord. No. 2016, § 2, 6-2-98)

Any customer, or retailer violating any of the provisions of this article is deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 2016, § 2, 6-2-98)