2005 California Health and Safety Code Sections 11250-11256 Article 4. Sale Without Prescription

11250.  (a) No prescription is required in case of the sale of
controlled substances at retail in pharmacies by pharmacists to any
of the following:
   (1) Physicians.
   (2) Dentists.
   (3) Podiatrists.
   (4) Veterinarians.
   (5) Pharmacists acting within the scope of a project authorized
under Article 1 (commencing with Section 128125) of Chapter 3 of Part
3 of Division 107, or registered nurses acting within the scope of a
project authorized under Article 1 (commencing with Section 128125)
of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 107, or physician assistants
acting within the scope of a project authorized under Article 1
(commencing with Section 128125) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division
107.
   (6) Optometrist.
   (b) In any sale mentioned in this article, there shall be executed
any written order that may otherwise be required by federal law
relating to the production, importation, exportation, manufacture,
compounding, distributing, dispensing, or control of controlled
substances.
11251.  No prescription is required in case of sales at wholesale by
pharmacies, jobbers, wholesalers, and manufacturers to any of the
following:
   (a) Pharmacies as defined in the Business and Professions Code.
   (b) Physicians.
   (c) Dentists.
   (d) Podiatrists.
   (e) Veterinarians.
   (f) Other jobbers, wholesalers or manufacturers.
   (g) Pharmacists acting within the scope of a project authorized
under Article 1 (commencing with Section 128125) of Chapter 3 of Part
3 of Division 107, or registered nurses acting within the scope of a
project authorized under Article 1 (commencing with Section 128125)
of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 107, or physician assistants
acting within the scope of a project authorized under Article 1
(commencing with Section 128125) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division
107.
   (h) Optometrists.
11252.  All wholesale jobbers, wholesalers, and manufacturers,
mentioned in this division shall keep, in a manner readily
accessible, the written orders or blank forms required to be
preserved pursuant to federal law relating to the production,
importation, exportation, manufacture, compounding, distributing,
dispensing, or control of controlled substances.
11253.  The written orders or blank forms shall be preserved for at
least three years after the date of the last entry made.
11255.  The taking of any order, or making of any contract or
agreement, by any traveling representative or employee of any person
for future delivery in this state, of any controlled substance
constitutes a sale within the meaning of this division.
11256.  Within 24 hours after any purchaser in this state gives any
order for a controlled substance classified in Schedule II to, or
makes any contract or agreement for purchases from or sales by, an
out-of-state wholesaler or manufacturer of any controlled substances
for delivery in this state, the purchaser shall forward to the
Attorney General by registered mail a true and correct copy of the
order, contract, or agreement.