California Health and Safety Code

§ 101070

HSC § 101070 Effective Sep 8, 2000Div. 101 · Part 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the dispensing or furnishing of drugs requiring a prescription pursuant to Section 11470, a controlled substance as defined in Section 4021 of the Business and Professions Code, or a dangerous drug or a dangerous device as defined in Section 4022 of the Business and Professions Code, without a license poses a significant threat to the public health, safety, and welfare of all residents of the state. In recent years, the public has become increasingly exposed to a proliferation of persons who engage in these illegal or dangerous acts.

(2)The Legislature further finds and declares that extraordinary measures are needed to control this burgeoning problem. Therefore, the occasional enlistment of local health officers in regulatory and enforcement functions normally reserved to the state is appropriate and necessary in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of all persons of this state.

(3)Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this section shall be construed as limiting or supplanting the authority of the state agencies charged with the regulation of the practice of pharmacy.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 350, Sec. 2. Effective September 8, 2000.