Health and Safety Code section 11154

(a)

Except in the regular practice of his or her profession, no person shall knowingly prescribe, administer, dispense, or furnish a controlled substance to or for any person or animal which is not under his or her treatment for a pathology or condition other than addiction to a controlled substance, except as provided in this division.

(b)

No person shall knowingly solicit, direct, induce, aid, or encourage a practitioner authorized to write a prescription to unlawfully prescribe, administer, dispense, or furnish a controlled substance.

Source: Section 11154, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=11154. (updated Jan. 1, 1982; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_11154

Original Source: Section 11154, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=11154. (last accessed May 12, 2025).