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Penal Code § 377

TITLE 10. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 377Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1272.

Every person who, in order to obtain for himself or another any drug that can be lawfully dispensed by a pharmacist only on prescription, falsely represents himself to be a physician or other person who can lawfully prescribe such drug, or falsely represents that he is acting on behalf of a person who can lawfully prescribe such drug, in a telephone communication with a pharmacist, is guilty of a misdemeanor.