{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"4323","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 4323","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 9. Pharmacy [4000. - 4427.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-9"},{"name":"ARTICLE 20. Prohibitions and Offenses [4320. - 4343.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-9/article-20"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 890, Sec. 3.   Effective January 1, 1997.","effective":"1997-01-01","html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/prohibitions-and-offenses-4323","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}