California Business and Professions Code

§ 4052.10

BPC § 4052.10 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 2 · Ch. 9 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)A pharmacist may dispense a Schedule II controlled substance, as listed in Section 11055 of the Health and Safety Code, as a partial fill if requested by the patient or the prescriber.

(b)If a pharmacist dispenses a partial fill on a prescription pursuant to this section, the pharmacy shall retain the original prescription, with a notation of how much of the prescription has been filled, until the prescription has been fully dispensed. The total quantity dispensed shall not exceed the total quantity prescribed.

(c)Subsequent fills, until the original prescription is completely dispensed, shall occur at the pharmacy where the original prescription was partially filled. The full prescription shall be dispensed not more than 30 days after the date on which the prescription was written. Thirty-one days after the date on which the prescription was written, the prescription shall expire and no more of the drug shall be dispensed without a subsequent prescription.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 615, Sec. 1. (AB 1048) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2018, by its own provisions.