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Health and Safety Code § 11154

ARTICLE 1. Requirements of Prescriptions

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 11154Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1403, Sec. 1.

(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.