Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 4163
Wholesalers, Third-Party Logistics Providers, and Manufacturers
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2019
As of January 1, 2011
(a) A manufacturer, wholesaler, repackager, or pharmacy may not furnish a dangerous drug or dangerous device to an unauthorized person.
(a) A manufacturer, wholesaler, repackager, or pharmacy shall not furnish a dangerous drug or dangerous device to an unauthorized person.
(b) Dangerous drugs or dangerous devices shall be acquired from a person authorized by law to possess or furnish dangerous drugs or dangerous devices. When the person acquiring the dangerous drugs or dangerous devices is a wholesaler, the obligation of the wholesaler shall be limited to obtaining confirmation of licensure of those sources from whom it has not previously acquired dangerous drugs or dangerous devices.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), dangerous drugs or dangerous devices shall be acquired from a person authorized by law to possess or furnish dangerous drugs or dangerous devices. If the person acquiring the dangerous drugs or dangerous devices is a wholesaler, the obligation of the wholesaler shall be limited to obtaining confirmation of licensure of those sources from whom it has not previously acquired dangerous drugs or dangerous devices.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4163.5, commencing on July 1, 2016, a wholesaler or repackager may not sell, trade, or transfer a dangerous drug at wholesale without providing a pedigree.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4163.5, commencing on July 1, 2016, a wholesaler or repackager may not acquire a dangerous drug without receiving a pedigree.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4163.5, commencing on July 1, 2017, a pharmacy may not sell, trade, or transfer a dangerous drug at wholesale without providing a pedigree.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4163.5, commencing on July 1, 2017, a pharmacy may not acquire a dangerous drug without receiving a pedigree.
(g) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4163.5, commencing on July 1, 2017, a pharmacy warehouse may not acquire a dangerous drug without receiving a pedigree. For purposes of this section and Section 4034, a “pharmacy warehouse” means a physical location licensed as a wholesaler for prescription drugs that acts as a central warehouse and performs intracompany sales or transfers of those drugs to a group of pharmacies under common ownership and control.
(c) Upon approval of the board, a reverse distributor licensed as a wholesaler may acquire a dangerous drug or dangerous device from an unlicensed source that was previously licensed with the board for the sole purpose of destruction of the dangerous drug or dangerous device.
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