{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"2836.2","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2836.2","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Nursing [2700. - 2838.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 8. Nurse Practitioners [2834. - 2837.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-6/article-8"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 350, Sec. 20.   (SB 943)   Effective January 1, 2012.","effective":"2012-01-01","html":"<p>Furnishing or ordering of drugs or devices by nurse practitioners is defined to mean the act of making a pharmaceutical agent or agents available to the patient in strict accordance with a standardized procedure. All nurse practitioners who are authorized pursuant to Section <a href=\"/bpc/2836.1\">2836.1</a> to furnish or issue drug orders for controlled substances shall register with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.</p>","text":"Furnishing or ordering of drugs or devices by nurse practitioners is defined to mean the act of making a pharmaceutical agent or agents available to the patient in strict accordance with a standardized procedure. All nurse practitioners who are authorized pursuant to Section 2836.1 to furnish or issue drug orders for controlled substances shall register with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/nurse-practitioners-2836-2","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}