Section 11165.5 Of Article 1. Requirements Of Prescriptions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 10. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The Department of Justice may seek voluntarily
contributed private funds from insurers, health care service plans,
qualified manufacturers, and other donors for the purpose of
supporting CURES. Insurers, health care service plans, qualified
manufacturers, and other donors may contribute by submitting their
payment to the Controller for deposit into the CURES Fund established
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 208 of the Business and
Professions Code. The department shall make information about the
amount and the source of all private funds it receives for support of
CURES available to the public. Contributions to the CURES Fund
pursuant to this subdivision shall be nondeductible for state tax
purposes.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Controlled substance" means a drug, substance, or immediate
precursor listed in any schedule in Section 11055, 11056, or 11057 of
the Health and Safety Code.
(2) "Health care service plan" means an entity licensed pursuant
to the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Chapter 2.2
(commencing with Section 1340) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety
Code).
(3) "Insurer" means an admitted insurer writing health insurance,
as defined in Section 106 of the Insurance Code, and an admitted
insurer writing workers' compensation insurance, as defined in
Section 109 of the Insurance Code.
(4) "Qualified manufacturer" means a manufacturer of a controlled
substance, but does not mean a wholesaler or nonresident wholesaler
of dangerous drugs, regulated pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with
Section 4160) of Chapter 9 of Division 2 of the Business and
Professions Code, a veterinary food-animal drug retailer, regulated
pursuant to Article 15 (commencing with Section 4196) of Chapter 9 of
Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, or an individual
regulated by the Medical Board of California, the Dental Board of
California, the California State Board of Pharmacy, the Veterinary
Medical Board, the Board of Registered Nursing, the Physician
Assistant Committee of the Medical Board of California, the
Osteopathic Medical Board of California, the State Board of
Optometry, or the California Board of Podiatric Medicine.