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California Business and Professions Code Section 4163

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(a) A manufacturer, wholesaler, repackager, or pharmacy may
not furnish a dangerous drug or dangerous device to an unauthorized
person.
   (b) Dangerous drugs or dangerous devices shall be acquired from a
person authorized by law to possess or furnish dangerous drugs or
dangerous devices. When the person acquiring the dangerous drugs or
dangerous devices is a wholesaler, the obligation of the wholesaler
shall be limited to obtaining confirmation of licensure of those
sources from whom it has not previously acquired dangerous drugs or
dangerous devices.
   (c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4163.5, commencing on
July 1, 2016, a wholesaler or repackager may not sell, trade, or
transfer a dangerous drug at wholesale without providing a pedigree.
   (d) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4163.5, commencing on
July 1, 2016, a wholesaler or repackager may not acquire a dangerous
drug without receiving a pedigree.
   (e) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4163.5, commencing on
July 1, 2017, a pharmacy may not sell, trade, or transfer a dangerous
drug at wholesale without providing a pedigree.
   (f) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4163.5, commencing on
July 1, 2017, a pharmacy may not acquire a dangerous drug without
receiving a pedigree.
   (g) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4163.5, commencing on
July 1, 2017, a pharmacy warehouse may not acquire a dangerous drug
without receiving a pedigree. For purposes of this section and
Section 4034, a "pharmacy warehouse" means a physical location
licensed as a wholesaler for prescription drugs that acts as a
central warehouse and performs intracompany sales or transfers of
those drugs to a group of pharmacies under common ownership and
control.

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