SB 393, as introduced, Walters. Prescription drugs: procurement: false representation.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any person, in order to obtain any drug that can be lawfully dispensed by a pharmacist only on prescription, to falsely represent that he or she is a physician or other person who can lawfully prescribe the drug in a telephone communication with a pharmacist.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 377 of the Penal Code is amended to
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Every person who, in order to obtain for himselfbegin insert or herselfend insert
4 orbegin insert forend insert anotherbegin insert person,end insert any drug that can be lawfully dispensed by
5a pharmacist only on prescription, falsely represents himselfbegin insert or
6herselfend insert to be a physician or other person who can lawfully prescribe
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thatend insert drug, or falsely represents that hebegin insert or sheend insert is acting on
8behalf of a person who can lawfully prescribebegin delete suchend deletebegin insert thatend insert drug, in
P2 1a telephone communication with a pharmacist, is guilty of a
2misdemeanor.
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