Section 111470 Of Article 3. Misbranded Drugs Or Devices From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 3.
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. The following drugs or devices, that are intended for use
by man, shall be sold only upon a written prescription of a
practitioner licensed by law to prescribe the drug or device, or upon
an oral prescription of the licensee that is reduced promptly to
writing and filed by the pharmacist, or by refilling the written or
oral prescription if the refilling is authorized by the prescriber
either in the original prescription or by oral order that is reduced
promptly to writing and filed by the pharmacist:
(a) A habit forming drug to which Section 111350 applies.
(b) A drug or device that, because of its toxicity or other
potentiality for harmful effect, or the method of its use, or the
collateral measures necessary to its use, is not safe for use except
under the supervision of a practitioner licensed by law to administer
the drug or device.
(c) A drug or device for which adequate directions cannot be
written for persons, who are not practitioners licensed by law to
prescribe the drug or device, for safe and effective self-medication
or treatment by those persons, who are not practitioners licensed by
law to prescribe the drug or device.
(d) A drug or device that is limited by an effective application
under Section 505 of the federal act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 355) or Section
111550 to use under the professional supervision of a practitioner
licensed by law to administer the drug or device.
If any prescription for the drug does not indicate the number of
times it may be refilled, if any, the prescription may not be
refilled unless the pharmacist obtains a new order from the
practitioner.