California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §4330: (a) Any person who has obtained a license to conduct a pharmacy, who fails to place in charge of the pharmacy a pharmacist, or any person, who by himself or herself, or by any other person, permits th

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A pharmacy owner who fails to have a pharmacist in charge, or who allows non-pharmacists to compound or dispense prescriptions or dangerous drugs, commits a misdemeanor. A pharmacy owner who undermines the pharmacist-in-charge's compliance efforts also commits a misdemeanor.

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(a) Any person who has obtained a license to conduct a pharmacy, who fails to place in charge of the pharmacy a pharmacist, or any person, who by himself or herself, or by any other person, permits the compounding or dispensing of prescriptions, or the furnishing of dangerous drugs, in his or her pharmacy, except by a pharmacist, or as otherwise provided in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Any pharmacy owner who commits any act that would subvert or tend to subvert the efforts of the pharmacist-in-charge to comply with the laws governing the operation of the pharmacy is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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