California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §11154: (a) Except in the regular practice of his or her profession, no person shall knowingly prescribe, administer, dispense, or furnish a controlled substance to or for any person or animal which is not un

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What this law says, in plain English

It is unlawful to knowingly prescribe, administer, dispense, or furnish controlled substances outside professional practice or legitimate medical treatment, or to solicit a practitioner to do so unlawfully.

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(a) Except in the regular practice of his or her profession, no person shall knowingly prescribe, administer, dispense, or furnish a controlled substance to or for any person or animal which is not under his or her treatment for a pathology or condition other than addiction to a controlled substance, except as provided in this division. (b) No person shall knowingly solicit, direct, induce, aid, or encourage a practitioner authorized to write a prescription to unlawfully prescribe, administer, dispense, or furnish a controlled substance.

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