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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4060
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4060
A person shall not possess any controlled substance, except that furnished to a person upon the prescription of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist, veterinarian, nurse practitioner practicing pursuant to Section 2837.103 or 2837.104, or naturopathic doctor pursuant to
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4061
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4061
(a) No manufacturer’s sales representative shall distribute any dangerous drug or dangerous device as a complimentary sample without the written request of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist, veterinarian, nurse practitioner practicing pursuant to Section 2837.103 or 2
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4062
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4062
(a) Notwithstanding Section 4059 or any other law, a pharmacist or a clinic licensed and acting under Section 4180 may, in good faith, furnish a dangerous drug or dangerous device in reasonable quantities without a prescription during a federal, state, or local emergency, to furt
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4063
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4063
No prescription for any dangerous drug or dangerous device may be refilled except upon authorization of the prescriber. The authorization may be given orally or at the time of giving the original prescription. No prescription for any dangerous drug that is a controlled substance
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4064
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4064
(a) A prescription for a dangerous drug or dangerous device may be refilled without the prescriber’s authorization if the prescriber is unavailable to authorize the refill and if, in the pharmacist’s professional judgment, failure to refill the prescription might interrupt the pa
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4064.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4064.5
(a) A pharmacist may dispense not more than a 90-day supply of a dangerous drug other than a controlled substance pursuant to a valid prescription that specifies an initial quantity of less than a 90-day supply followed by periodic refills of that amount if all of the following r
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4065
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4065
(a) “Injection card system,” as used in this section, means a system that enables a facility to authorize an outpatient to receive injections of controlled substances at the facility pursuant to a prior written order by a physician, through the use of a card that is maintained at
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4066
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4066
(a) Notwithstanding Section 4059, a wholesaler or pharmacy may furnish dangerous drugs to the master or first officer of an ocean vessel, pursuant to a written prescription. The requisition shall be on the vessel’s official stationery, signed by the vessel’s first officer. The dr
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4067
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4067
(a) No person or entity shall dispense or furnish, or cause to be dispensed or furnished, dangerous drugs or dangerous devices, as defined in Section 4022, on the internet for delivery to any person in this state without a prescription issued pursuant to an appropriate prior exam
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4068
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4068
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, except as provided in subdivision (b), a prescriber may dispense a dangerous drug, including a controlled substance, to an emergency room patient if all of the following apply: (1) The hospital pharmacy is closed and there is no
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4069
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4069
A pharmacist who dispenses or furnishes a dangerous drug, as defined in Section 4022, pursuant to a veterinary prescription shall include, as part of the consultation, the option for a representative of an animal patient to also receive drug documentation specifically designed fo
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4070
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4070
(a) Except as provided in Section 4019 and subdivision (b), an oral or an electronic data transmission prescription as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 4040 shall as soon as practicable be reduced to writing by the pharmacist and shall be filled by, or under the direction of
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4071
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4071
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a prescriber may authorize his or her agent on his or her behalf to orally or electronically transmit a prescription to the furnisher. The furnisher shall make a reasonable effort to determine that the person who transmits the prescript
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4071.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4071.1
(a) A prescriber, a prescriber’s authorized agent, or a pharmacist may electronically enter a prescription or an order, as defined in Section 4019, into a pharmacy’s or hospital’s computer from any location outside of the pharmacy or hospital with the permission of the pharmacy o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4072
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4072
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a pharmacist, registered nurse, licensed vocational nurse, licensed psychiatric technician, or other healing arts licentiate, if so authorized by administrative regulation, who is employed by or serves as a consultant for a licensed
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4073
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4073
(a) A pharmacist filling a prescription order for a drug product prescribed by its trade or brand name may select another drug product with the same active chemical ingredients of the same strength, quantity, and dosage form, and of the same generic drug name as determined by the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4073.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4073.5
(a) A pharmacist filling a prescription order for a prescribed biological product may select an alternative biological product only if all of the following: (1) The alternative biological product is interchangeable. (2) The prescriber does not personally indicate “Do not substitu
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4074
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4074
(a) A pharmacist shall inform a patient orally or in writing of the harmful effects of a drug dispensed by prescription if both of the following apply: (1) The drug poses substantial risk to the person consuming the drug when taken in combination with alcohol or the drug may impa
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4075
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4075
No prescription for a controlled substance transmitted by means of an oral or electronically transmitted order shall be furnished to any person unknown and unable to properly establish his or her identity. The board may by regulation establish procedures to prevent unauthorized p
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4076
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4076
(a) A pharmacist shall not dispense a prescription except in a container that meets the requirements of state and federal law and is correctly labeled with all of the following: (1) Except when the prescriber or the certified nurse-midwife who functions pursuant to a standardized
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4076.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4076.5
(a) The board shall promulgate regulations that require, on or before January 1, 2011, a standardized, patient-centered, prescription drug label on all prescription medicine dispensed to patients in California. (b) To ensure maximum public comment, the board shall hold public mee
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4076.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4076.6
(a) Upon the request of a patient or patient’s representative, a dispenser shall provide translated directions for use, which shall be printed on the prescription container, label, or on a supplemental document. If translated directions for use appear on a prescription container
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4076.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4076.7
In addition to the requirements of Sections 4076 and 4076.5, whenever a prescription drug containing an opioid is dispensed to a patient for outpatient use, the pharmacy or practitioner dispensing the drug shall prominently display on the label or container, by means of a flag or
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4076.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4076.8
(a) If a person informs a pharmacy that the person identifies as a person who is blind, has low-vision, or is otherwise print disabled, the dispenser shall provide to the person or their authorized representative, at no additional cost, an accessible prescription label affixed to
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4077
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 4077
(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), no person shall dispense any dangerous drug upon prescription except in a container correctly labeled with the information required by Section 4076. (b) Physicians, dentists, podiatrists, and veterinarians may personally furnish