Title BPC — California Bus. & Prof. Code

(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…

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.

(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…

(a) If a dangerous drug or dangerous device is alleged to be adulterated or counterfeit, the board shall commence proceedings in the superior court in whose jurisdiction the dangerous drug or dangerous device is located, for condemnation of the dangerous drug or dangerous device.…

Within 30 days after changing his or her address of record with the board or after changing his or her name according to law, a pharmacist, intern pharmacist, technician, designated representative, designated representative-3PL, or designated representative-reverse distributor sh…

(a) A pharmacist may take charge of and act as the pharmacist-in-charge of a pharmacy upon application by the pharmacy and approval by the board. A pharmacist-in-charge who ceases to act as the pharmacist-in-charge of the pharmacy shall notify the board in writing within 30 days …

(a) (1) As provided in this section, all facilities licensed by the board shall complete the self-assessment process by July 1 of every odd-numbered year, unless otherwise established in this section. (2) The self-assessment process shall be completed on a form provided by the bo…

Notwithstanding Section 2038, or any other provision of law, a pharmacist may take a person’s blood pressure and may inform the person of the results, render an opinion as to whether the reading is within a high, low, or normal range, and may advise the person to consult a physic…

(a) Every pharmacy shall have in place procedures for taking action to protect the public when a licensed individual employed by or with the pharmacy is discovered or known to be chemically, mentally, or physically impaired to the extent it affects his or her ability to practice …

(a) All records or other documentation required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter by any entity licensed by the board shall be retained on the licensed premises in a readily retrievable form. (b) The licensee may remove the original records or documentation from the licen…

For purposes of license verification, a person may rely upon the licensing information as it is displayed on the board’s Internet Web site that includes the issuance and expiration dates of any license issued by the board.

(a) The board shall not issue more than one site license to a single premises except as follows: (1) To issue a veterinary food-animal drug retailer license to a wholesaler pursuant to Section 4196. (2) To issue a license to compound sterile drugs to a pharmacy pursuant to Sectio…

If a manufacturer, wholesaler, third-party logistics provider, or pharmacy has reasonable cause to believe that a dangerous drug or dangerous device in, or having been in, its possession is counterfeit or the subject of a fraudulent transaction, the manufacturer, wholesaler, thir…

(a) No person shall conduct a pharmacy in the State of California unless they have obtained a license from the board. A license shall be required for each pharmacy owned or operated by a specific person. A separate license shall be required for each of the premises of any person …

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a county, city and county, or special hospital authority described in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 101850) or Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 101852) of Part 4 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code may operat…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), or in subdivision (b), (d), or (e), the board shall not issue or renew a license to conduct a pharmacy to any of the following: (1) A person or persons authorized to prescribe or write a prescription, as specified in Section 4040…

(a) Any pharmacy located outside this state that is involved in the preparation, dispensing, shipping, mailing, or delivery, in any manner, of controlled substances, dangerous drugs, or dangerous devices into this state shall be considered a nonresident pharmacy. (b) A person sha…

(a) (1) Every pharmacy shall designate a pharmacist-in-charge. (2) A pharmacy licensed pursuant to Section 4110 shall, within 30 days of the designation in paragraph (1), notify the board in writing of the identity and license number of that pharmacist and the date they were desi…

(a) Except as specified in subdivision (e), a community pharmacy licensed pursuant to this article shall report, either directly or through a designated third party, including a component patient safety organization as defined in Section 3.20 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Re…

(a) A community pharmacy shall not require a pharmacist employee to engage in the practice of pharmacy at any time the pharmacy is open to the public, unless either another employee of the pharmacy or, if the pharmacy is located within another establishment, an employee of the es…

(a) A chain community pharmacy subject to Section 4113.5 shall be staffed at all times with at least one clerk or pharmacy technician fully dedicated to performing pharmacy-related services. The board shall not take action against a pharmacy for a violation of this subdivision if…

(a) A chain community pharmacy, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 4001, shall not establish a quota related to the duties for which a pharmacist or pharmacy technician license is required. (b) A chain community pharmacy shall not, through employees, contractors, or third p…

(a) An intern pharmacist may perform all functions of a pharmacist at the discretion of and under the direct supervision and control of a pharmacist whose license is in good standing with the board. (b) A pharmacist may not supervise more than two intern pharmacists at any one ti…

(a) A pharmacy technician may perform packaging, manipulative, repetitive, or other nondiscretionary tasks only while assisting, and while under the direct supervision and control of, a pharmacist. The pharmacist shall be responsible for the duties performed under their supervisi…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacy technician trainee may be placed in a pharmacy to complete an externship for the purpose of obtaining practical training required to become licensed as a pharmacy technician. (b) (1) A pharmacy technician trainee participating in an e…

(a) No person other than a pharmacist, an intern pharmacist, an authorized officer of the law, or a person authorized to prescribe shall be permitted in that area, place, or premises described in the license issued by the board wherein controlled substances or dangerous drugs or …

No person other than a pharmacist, an intern pharmacist, a pharmacy technician, an authorized officer of the law, a person authorized to prescribe, a registered nurse, a licensed vocational nurse, a person who enters the pharmacy for purposes of receiving consultation from a phar…

(a) When, in the opinion of the board, a high standard of patient safety, consistent with good patient care, can be provided by the licensure of a pharmacy that does not meet all of the requirements for licensure as a pharmacy, the board may waive any licensing requirements. (b) …

(a) A pharmacist at a hospital pharmacy shall obtain an accurate medication profile or list for each high-risk patient upon admission and discharge of the high-risk patient under the following conditions: (1) The hospital has more than 100 beds. (2) The accurate medication profil…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacy may furnish a dangerous drug or dangerous device to a licensed health care facility for storage in a secured emergency pharmaceutical supplies container maintained within the facility in accordance with facility regulations of the Sta…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacy, or a licensed wholesaler that is also an emergency medical services provider agency, may restock dangerous drugs or dangerous devices into an emergency medical services automated drug delivery system (EMSADDS) that is licensed by the…

A pharmacy located in the state may use pharmacists to perform FDA-approved or -authorized tests that are classified as waived pursuant to the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 263a) and the regulations adopted thereunder by the federal He…

(a) A pharmacy located in the state may provide pharmacy services to the patients of a “covered entity,” as defined in Section 256b of Title 42 of the United States Code, through the use of an automated patient dispensing system located on the premises of the covered entity or on…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacy may furnish epinephrine delivery systems to a local educational agency pursuant to Section 49414 of the Education Code if all of the following are met: (1) The epinephrine delivery systems are furnished exclusively for use at a local …

(a) A pharmacy may, at a patient’s request, repackage a drug previously dispensed to the patient or to the patient’s agent pursuant to a prescription. (b) Any pharmacy providing repackaging services shall have in place policies and procedures for repackaging these drugs and shall…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacy may furnish epinephrine auto-injectors to an authorized entity, for the purpose of rendering emergency care in accordance with Section 1797.197a of the Health and Safety Code, if both of the following requirements are met: (1) The epi…

(a) A pharmacy can transfer a reasonable supply of dangerous drugs to another pharmacy. (b) A pharmacy may repackage and furnish to a prescriber a reasonable quantity of dangerous drugs and dangerous devices for prescriber office use.

An intern pharmacist under the direct supervision and control, as defined in Section 4023.5, of a pharmacist may stock, replenish, and inspect the emergency pharmaceutical supplies container and the emergency medical system supplies of a health care facility licensed under subdiv…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a hospital pharmacy serving a health care facility licensed under subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code may furnish a dangerous drug or dangerous device pursuant to preprinted or electronic standing orders, order sets, an…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacy may furnish naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to a school district, county office of education, or charter school pursuant to Section 49414.3 of the Education Code if all of the following are met: (1) The naloxone hy…

Notwithstanding any other law, a pharmacy, wholesaler, or manufacturer may furnish naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists to a law enforcement agency if both of the following are met: (a) The naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist is furnished exclusively f…

(a) A nonresident pharmacy shall not sell or distribute dangerous drugs or dangerous devices in this state through any person or media, other than a wholesaler or third-party logistics provider who has obtained a license pursuant to this chapter or through a selling or distributi…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 651, an advertisement of the retail price for a drug that requires a prescription shall be limited to quantities of the drug that are consistent with good medical practice and shall include the strength, dosage form, and the exact dates during which th…

(a) In every pharmacy there shall be prominently posted in a place conspicuous to, and readable by, prescription drug consumers a notice provided by the board concerning the availability of prescription price information, the possibility of generic drug product selection, the typ…

Any pharmacy that contracts to compound a drug for parenteral therapy, pursuant to a prescription, for delivery to another pharmacy shall report that contractual arrangement to the board. That information shall be reported by the pharmacy performing the compounding services withi…