Health and Safety Code section 11200

(a)

No person shall dispense or refill a controlled substance prescription more than six months after the date thereof.

(b)

No prescription for a Schedule III or IV substance may be refilled more than five times and in an amount, for all refills of that prescription taken together, exceeding a 120-day supply.

(c)

No prescription for a Schedule II substance may be refilled.

Source: Section 11200, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=11200. (updated Jan. 1, 1993; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 11200, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=11200. (last accessed May 12, 2025).