California Health and Safety Code

§ 110423.101

HSC § 110423.101 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 104 · Part 5 · Ch. 4 · Art. 4.5

Statute text

This article shall not apply, but Article 4 (commencing with Section 110423) shall apply, to any of the following:

(a)A California licensed health care practitioner who is practicing within his or her scope of practice and who prescribes or dispenses, or both, dietary supplement products containing ephedrine group alkaloids in the course of the treatment of a patient under the direct care of that licensed health care practitioner, except that a licensed health care practitioner shall not prescribe or dispense dietary supplements containing ephedrine group alkaloids for purposes of weight loss, body building, or athletic performance enhancement.

(b)Dietary supplement products containing ephedrine group alkaloids that are sold or distributed directly to a licensed health care practitioner when the dietary supplement product containing ephedrine group alkaloids is used solely for the purpose of the treatment of patients under the direct care of the health care practitioner.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 903, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.