California Health and Safety Code

§ 11165

HSC § 11165 Effective Oct 13, 2025Div. 10 · Ch. 4 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)To assist health care practitioners in their efforts to ensure appropriate prescribing, ordering, administering, furnishing, and dispensing of controlled substances, law enforcement and regulatory agencies in their efforts to control the diversion and resultant abuse of Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, and Schedule V controlled substances, and for statistical analysis, education, and research, the Department of Justice shall, contingent upon the availability of adequate funds in the CURES Fund, maintain the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) for the electronic monitoring of, and internet access to information regarding, the prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, and Schedule V controlled substances by all practitioners authorized to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense these controlled substances.

(b)The department may seek and use grant funds to pay the costs incurred by the operation and maintenance of CURES. The department shall annually report to the Legislature and make available to the public the amount and source of funds it receives for support of CURES.

(c)(1) The operation of CURES shall comply with all applicable federal and state privacy and security laws and regulations.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 764, Sec. 5.5. (SB 497) Effective October 13, 2025. Operative January 1, 2026, pursuant to Sec. 8 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 764.