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Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11162.5

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Article 1: Requirements of Prescriptions, California Health and Safety Code.

Full text of Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11162.5

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11162.5Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
(a) Every person who counterfeits a prescription blank purporting to be an official prescription blank prepared and issued pursuant to Section 11161.5, or knowingly possesses more than three counterfeited prescription blanks, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year. (b) Every person who knowingly possesses three or fewer counterfeited prescription blanks purporting to be official prescription blanks prepared and issued pursuant to Section 11161.5, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.

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