California Penal Code

§ 381e

PEN § 381e Effective Jan 1, 2015Title 10 · Part 1

Statute text

(a)A person who dispenses or distributes nitrous oxide shall record each transaction involving the dispensing or distribution of nitrous oxide in a written or electronic document. The person dispensing or distributing the nitrous oxide shall require the purchaser to sign the document and provide a complete residential address and present a valid government-issued photo identification. The person dispensing or distributing the nitrous oxide shall sign and date the document and shall retain the document at the person’s business address for one year from the date of the transaction. The person shall make the documents available during normal business hours for inspection and copying, upon presentation of a duly authorized search warrant, by officers or employees of the California State Board of Pharmacy or of other law enforcement agencies of this state or the United States.

(b)The document used to record each transaction shall inform the purchaser of all of the following:

(1)That inhalation of nitrous oxide outside of a clinical setting may have dangerous health effects.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 458, Sec. 2. (AB 1735) Effective January 1, 2015.