Title BPC, California Bus. & Prof. Code

It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of secondhand dealer, as defined in Section 21626, without being licensed as provided in this article. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 499, Sec. 13.)

(a) The chief of police, the sheriff, or, where appropriate, the police commission, shall accept an application for and grant a license permitting the licensee to engage in the business of secondhand dealer, as defined in Section 21626, to an applicant who has not been convicted …

(a) A license granted pursuant to Section 21641 shall be renewable the second year from the date of issue, and every other year thereafter, upon the filing of a renewal application and the payment of a license renewal fee specified by the licensing authority, as described in this…

(a) The Department of Justice shall require each applicant for an initial license under Section 21641 of this code or Section 21300 of the Financial Code and each applicant for renewal of a license under Section 21642 of this code or Section 21301 of the Financial Code to pay a f…

No transactions that require reporting under Section 21628, or commencing July 1, 2010, Section 21628.2, shall be engaged in with a minor. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 335, Sec. 9. (SB 449) Effective January 1, 2010.)

A violation of any provision of this article under circumstances where a person knows or should have known that a violation was being committed is a misdemeanor punishable as follows: (a) For the first offense, a fine of up to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or impriso…

The district attorney or the Attorney General, in the name of the people of the State of California, may bring an action to enjoin the violation or the threatened violation of any provision of this article or of any regulation made pertaining to the provisions of this article. An…

(a) (1) If a peace officer has probable cause to believe that property, except coins, monetized bullion, or “commercial grade ingots” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 21627, in the possession of a licensed pawnbroker or secondhand dealer is lost, stolen, or embezzled, the…

(a) Except as provided in Section 4019 and subdivision (b), an oral or an electronic data transmission prescription as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 4040 shall as soon as practicable be reduced to writing by the pharmacist and shall be filled by, or under the direction of…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a prescriber may authorize his or her agent on his or her behalf to orally or electronically transmit a prescription to the furnisher. The furnisher shall make a reasonable effort to determine that the person who transmits the prescript…

(a) A prescriber, a prescriber’s authorized agent, or a pharmacist may electronically enter a prescription or an order, as defined in Section 4019, into a pharmacy’s or hospital’s computer from any location outside of the pharmacy or hospital with the permission of the pharmacy o…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a pharmacist, registered nurse, licensed vocational nurse, licensed psychiatric technician, or other healing arts licentiate, if so authorized by administrative regulation, who is employed by or serves as a consultant for a licensed…

(a) A pharmacist filling a prescription order for a drug product prescribed by its trade or brand name may select another drug product with the same active chemical ingredients of the same strength, quantity, and dosage form, and of the same generic drug name as determined by the…

(a) A pharmacist filling a prescription order for a prescribed biological product may select an alternative biological product only if all of the following: (1) The alternative biological product is interchangeable. (2) The prescriber does not personally indicate “Do not substitu…

(a) A pharmacist shall inform a patient orally or in writing of the harmful effects of a drug dispensed by prescription if both of the following apply: (1) The drug poses substantial risk to the person consuming the drug when taken in combination with alcohol or the drug may impa…

No prescription for a controlled substance transmitted by means of an oral or electronically transmitted order shall be furnished to any person unknown and unable to properly establish his or her identity. The board may by regulation establish procedures to prevent unauthorized p…

(a) A pharmacist shall not dispense a prescription except in a container that meets the requirements of state and federal law and is correctly labeled with all of the following: (1) Except when the prescriber or the certified nurse-midwife who functions pursuant to a standardized…

(a) The board shall promulgate regulations that require, on or before January 1, 2011, a standardized, patient-centered, prescription drug label on all prescription medicine dispensed to patients in California. (b) To ensure maximum public comment, the board shall hold public mee…

(a) Upon the request of a patient or patient’s representative, a dispenser shall provide translated directions for use, which shall be printed on the prescription container, label, or on a supplemental document. If translated directions for use appear on a prescription container …

In addition to the requirements of Sections 4076 and 4076.5, whenever a prescription drug containing an opioid is dispensed to a patient for outpatient use, the pharmacy or practitioner dispensing the drug shall prominently display on the label or container, by means of a flag or…

(a) If a person informs a pharmacy that the person identifies as a person who is blind, has low-vision, or is otherwise print disabled, the dispenser shall provide to the person or their authorized representative, at no additional cost, an accessible prescription label affixed to…

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), no person shall dispense any dangerous drug upon prescription except in a container correctly labeled with the information required by Section 4076. (b) Physicians, dentists, podiatrists, and veterinarians may personally furnish…

(a) (1) No person shall place a false or misleading label on a prescription. (2) No prescriber shall direct that a prescription be labeled with any information that is false or misleading. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a person may label a prescription, or a prescriber may…

(a) A pharmacy shall inform a customer at the point of sale for a covered prescription drug whether the retail price is lower than the applicable cost-sharing amount for the prescription drug, unless the pharmacy automatically charges the customer the lower price. (b) If the cust…

For the purpose of classification, the contracting business includes any or all of the following branches: (a) General engineering contracting. (b) (1) General building contracting. (2) Residential remodeling contracting. (c) Specialty contracting. (Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 36…

A general engineering contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with fixed works requiring specialized engineering knowledge and skill, including the following divisions or subjects: irrigation, drainage, water power, water supply, flood con…

(a) Except as provided in this section, a general building contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with any structure built, being built, or to be built, for the support, shelter, and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or movable pro…

(a) A residential remodeling contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with any project to make improvements to, on, or in an existing residential wood frame structure, and the project requires the use of at least three unrelated building tr…

(a) A specialty contractor is a contractor whose operations involve the performance of construction work requiring special skill and whose principal contracting business involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts. (b) A specialty contractor includes a contractor wh…

(a) A contractor shall not engage in asbestos-related work, as defined in Section 6501.8 of the Labor Code, that involves 100 square feet or more of surface area of asbestos containing materials, unless the contractor holds a C-22 Asbestos Abatement classification or the qualifie…

(a) The board shall not issue an asbestos certification, as required by Section 7058.5, unless the contractor is registered with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section 6501.5 of the Labor Code. The board may is…

(a) No contractor may engage in a removal or remedial action, as defined in subdivision (d), unless the qualifier for the license has passed an approved hazardous substance certification examination. (b) (1) The Contractors State License Board, the Division of Occupational Safety…

The board shall make available to the public upon request information about contracting for the removal or encapsulation of asbestos-containing materials in a building including all of the following: (a) Steps to take when contracting with a company to remove asbestos. (b) Existi…

(a) The board may adopt reasonably necessary rules and regulations to effect the classification of contractors in a manner consistent with established usage and procedure as found in the construction business, and may limit the field and scope of the operations of a licensed cont…

(a) A licensee shall not use any business name that indicates the licensee is qualified to perform work in classifications other than those issued for that license, or any business name that is incompatible with the type of business entity licensed. (b) A licensee shall not condu…

As used in this article, “adequate evidence of authority to sell” is evidence from which a reasonable person would conclude that the person presenting the evidence is the owner of the item he is attempting to sell or is the agent of such owner and is authorized by the owner to se…

As used in this article, (a) “Junk dealer” has the meaning defined in Section 21601; and (b) “Secondhand dealer” has the meaning defined in Section 21626. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1174.)

Every junk dealer or secondhand dealer shall, before accepting for resale from any person any finished product, new item of finished or merchandisable quality, inventory item of new materials or finished quality, or other goods and materials in such a state or condition as to sho…

Every junk dealer or secondhand dealer who resells any item acquired in violation of Section 21652 is guilty of a felony, if the value of the item exceeds nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), and is guilty of a misdemeanor if the value of the item does not exceed nine hundred fifty…

All stock of any dangerous drug or dangerous device or of shipments through a customs broker or carrier shall be, at all times during business hours, open to inspection by authorized officers of the law. (Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 549, Sec. 53. Effective January 1, 1998.)

(a) All records of manufacture and of sale, acquisition, receipt, shipment, or disposition of dangerous drugs or dangerous devices shall be at all times during business hours open to inspection by authorized officers of the law, and shall be preserved for at least three years fro…

When called upon by an inspector, the owner or manager of any entity licensed by the board, or other store, shop, building, or premises retailing, wholesaling, or storing drugs or devices shall furnish the inspector with the names of the owner or owners, manager or managers, and …

(a) An inspector may issue an order of correction to a licensee directing the licensee to comply with this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter. (b) The order of correction shall be in writing and shall describe in detail the nature and facts of the violation, …

(a) When a board inspector finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any dangerous drug or dangerous device is adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit, the board inspector shall affix a tag or other marking to that dangerous drug or dangerous device. The board inspector shall…

The board may embargo any nonprescription diabetes test device that a board inspector finds or has probable cause to believe was not purchased either directly from the manufacturer or from the nonprescription diabetes test device manufacturer’s authorized distributors as identifi…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to remove, sell, or dispose of an embargoed dangerous drug or dangerous device without permission of the board. (b) When a board inspector has reasonable cause to believe, that the embargo will be violated, a board inspector may remove the embarg…