Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

“Manufacture” means the preparation, compounding, propagation, processing, or fabrication of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic. The term “manufacture” includes repackaging or otherwise changing the container, wrapper, or labeling of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic in furthe…

“Medical food” means any product that meets the definition of medical food in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 360ee(b)(3)). The department shall review all changes to the federal definition of “medical food” before those changes are incorporated by refere…

“New device” means any of the following: (a) Any device the composition, construction, or properties of which are such that the device is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of devices, a…

“New drug” means either of the following: (a) Any drug the composition of which is such that the drug is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of drugs, as safe and effective for use under …

“Official compendium” means the latest edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia, the latest edition of the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or the latest edition of the National Formulary, or any supplement to any of these. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.…

“Package” means any container or wrapper that may be used by a manufacturer, producer, jobber, packer, or dealer for enclosing or containing any food, drug, device, or cosmetic. The term “package” does not include any of the following: (a) Any shipping container or outer wrapping…

“Pasteurized in-shell eggs” means shell eggs that have been pasteurized by any method approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Food and Agriculture, or the department. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 11, Sec. 6. (AB 1414) Effective April 17, 2014.)

“Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, trust, corporation, limited liability company, company, estate, public or private institution, association, organization, group, city, county, city and county, political subdivision of this state, other governmental agency within …

This division shall be known as the “California Uniform Controlled Substances Act.” (Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)

“Pesticide chemical” means any substance that alone, in chemical combination, or in formulation with one or more substances, is an “economic poison” within the meaning of Section 12753 of the Food and Agricultural Code of this state or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rode…

“Potentially hazardous food” means any food capable of supporting growth of infectious or toxigenic micro-organisms when held at temperatures above 45 degrees Fahrenheit. (Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 915, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)

“Prescription” means an oral order given individually for the patient for whom prescribed directly from the prescriber to the furnisher or indirectly by means of a written order signed by the prescriber that bears the name and address of the prescriber, the license classification…

“Prescription device” means any device limited to prescription use under Section 111470. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 837, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Prescription drug” means any drug limited to prescription use under Section 111470. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 837, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Principal display panel” means that part of a label most likely to be displayed, presented, shown, or examined under normal and customary conditions of display for retail sale. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Administer” means the direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient for his immediate needs or to the body of a research subject by any of the following: (a) A practitioner or, in his prese…

“Raw agricultural commodity” means any food in its raw or natural state. It includes, but is not limited to, any fruit that is washed, colored, or otherwise treated in its unpeeled natural form prior to marketing. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.…

(a) “Substantial evidence” means evidence consisting of adequate and well-controlled investigations, including clinical investigations, by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug or device involved, on the basis that it co…

“Agent” means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser. It does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the carrier or warehouseman. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 14…

The provisions of this part regarding the selling of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) The manufacture, production, processing, and packing of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic. (b) The exhibition, offer, possession, …

All regulations pertaining to any food, drug, device, or cosmetic adopted by the department that are in effect on the effective date of this part shall remain in effect until the department adopts regulations pursuant to this part which repeal the regulations. (Added by Stats. 19…

All laws and regulations pertaining to industrial hemp products shall remain in effect until the adoption of regulations pursuant to the federal law that authorizes industrial hemp products. At that time, the department shall adopt new regulations either as necessary pursuant to …

“Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the State of California. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)

This part shall be so construed as to not be in conflict with the Food and Agricultural Code, or with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, Division 9 (commencing with Section 23000) of the Business and Professions Code, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. (Added by Stats…

“Board of Pharmacy” means the California State Board of Pharmacy. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)

(a) Before January 1, 2026, “concentrated cannabis” means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from cannabis. (b) Beginning on January 1, 2026, and until January 1, 2028, “concentrated cannabis” or “cannabis concentrate” means cannabis that has undergone a pro…

“Controlled substance,” unless otherwise specified, means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor which is listed in any schedule in Section 11054, 11055, 11056, 11057, or 11058. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1174, Sec. 1. Effective September 26, 1987.)

“Customs broker” means a person in this state who is authorized to act as a broker for any of the following: (a) A person in this state who is licensed to sell, distribute, or otherwise possess any controlled substance. (b) A person in any other state who ships any controlled sub…

“Deliver” or “delivery” means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer from one person to another of a controlled substance, whether or not there is an agency relationship. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)

“Dispense” means to deliver a controlled substance to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing, furnishing, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery. (Repea…

“Dispenser” means a practitioner who dispenses. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)

“Distribute” means to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a controlled substance. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)

“Distributor” means a person who distributes. The term distributor also includes warehousemen handling or storing controlled substances and customs brokers. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)

“Drug” means (a) substances recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; (b) substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigati…

(a) “Drug paraphernalia” means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind that are designed for use or marketed for use, in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, packaging, repack…

“Federal bureau” means the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States Department of Justice, or its successor agency. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 978, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)

“Furnish” has the same meaning as provided in Section 4048.5 of the Business and Professions Code. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)

“Manufacturer” has the same meaning as provided in Section 4034 of the Business and Professions Code. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)

“Cannabis” means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin from glandular trichomes or extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixt…

(a) “Cannabis products” means a product containing cannabis or cannabis concentrate and includes, but is not limited to, edible, topical, and inhaled products, and products intended for use on, or consumption by, an animal. (b) It shall be presumed that a product intended for hum…

“Cannabis accessories” means any equipment, products or materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analy…

(a) (1) “Industrial hemp” or “hemp” means types of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus or any part of that plant with a total tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of no more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis and is limited to only agricultural products, including seeds, propaga…

“Narcotic drug” means any of the following, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis: (a) Opium and opiate, and any salt, co…

“Opiate” means any substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. It does not include, unless specifically designated as controlled …

“Opium poppy” means the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L., except its seeds. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)