California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §4323: 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 acti

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is illegal to falsely claim to be a licensed prescriber or to falsely claim to be acting on their behalf when contacting a pharmacist to obtain drugs. Punishment is up to one year in county jail.

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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.

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