California Business and Professions Code

§ 4077

BPC § 4077 Effective Jan 1, 1998Div. 2 · Ch. 9 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), no person shall dispense any dangerous drug upon prescription except in a container correctly labeled with the information required by Section 4076.

(b)Physicians, dentists, podiatrists, and veterinarians may personally furnish any dangerous drug prescribed by them to the patient for whom prescribed, provided that the drug is properly labeled to show all information required in Section 4076 except the prescription number.

(c)Devices that bear the legend “Caution: federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a _____,” or words of similar meaning, are exempt from the requirements of Section 4076, and Section 111480 of the Health and Safety Code, when provided to patients in skilled nursing facilities or intermediate care facilities licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 549, Sec. 51. Effective January 1, 1998.