California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §111656.11: (a) It is unlawful for any person who is neither a licensed pharmacist nor an exemptee to take charge of a home medical device retail facility or to furnish prescription devices except as otherwise pr

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What this law says, in plain English

It is unlawful for unlicensed persons to operate a home medical device retail facility or dispense prescription devices, or for facility licensees to fail to employ a licensed pharmacist or exemptee in charge.

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(a) It is unlawful for any person who is neither a licensed pharmacist nor an exemptee to take charge of a home medical device retail facility or to furnish prescription devices except as otherwise provided in this article. (b) It is unlawful for any person who has obtained a license to conduct a home medical device retail facility to fail to place a licensed pharmacist or exemptee in charge of that home medical device retail facility or for any person to, by himself or herself, or by any other person, permit the compounding or dispensing of prescriptions, except by a licensed pharmacist or exemptee or as otherwise provided in this article.

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