California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

  • Section 11000.
    This division shall be known as the “California Uniform Controlled Substances Act.”(Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11001.
    Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11002.
    “Administer” means the direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient for...
  • Section 11003.
    “Agent” means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser. It does not include a...
  • Section 11004.
    “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the State of California.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11005.
    “Board of Pharmacy” means the California State Board of Pharmacy.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11006.5.
    “Concentrated cannabis” means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from cannabis.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 27, Sec. 113. (SB 94) Effective June 27,
  • Section 11007.
    “Controlled substance,” unless otherwise specified, means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor which is listed in any schedule in Section 11054, 11055, 11056, 11057, or...
  • Section 11008.
    “Customs broker” means a person in this state who is authorized to act as a broker for any of the following:(a)  A person in this...
  • Section 11009.
    “Deliver” or “delivery” means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer from one person to another of a controlled substance, whether or not there is an...
  • Section 11010.
    “Dispense” means to deliver a controlled substance to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including...
  • Section 11011.
    “Dispenser” means a practitioner who dispenses.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11012.
    “Distribute” means to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a controlled substance.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11013.
    “Distributor” means a person who distributes. The term distributor also includes warehousemen handling or storing controlled substances and customs brokers.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1972,...
  • Section 11014.
    “Drug” means (a) substances recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or...
  • Section 11014.5.
    (a) “Drug paraphernalia” means all equipment, products and materials of any kind which are designed for use or marketed for use, in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing,...
  • Section 11015.
    “Federal bureau” means the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States Department of Justice, or its successor agency.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 978, Sec. 2....
  • Section 11016.
    “Furnish” has the same meaning as provided in Section 4048.5 of the Business and Professions Code.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11017.
    “Manufacturer” has the same meaning as provided in Section 4034 of the Business and Professions Code.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11018.
    “Cannabis” means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the...
  • Section 11018.1.
    “Cannabis products” means cannabis that has undergone a process whereby the plant material has been transformed into a concentrate, including, but not limited to, concentrated...
  • Section 11018.2.
    “Cannabis accessories” means any equipment, products or materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating,...
  • Section 11018.5.
    (a) “Industrial hemp” means a fiber or oilseed crop, or both, that is limited to types of the plant Cannabis sativa L. having no more than...
  • Section 11019.
    “Narcotic drug” means any of the following, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical...
  • Section 11020.
    “Opiate” means any substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining...
  • Section 11021.
    “Opium poppy” means the plant of the species Papaver somniferum L., except its seeds.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11022.
    “Person” means individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, or association, or any other legal entity.(Amended...
  • Section 11023.
    “Pharmacy” has the same meaning as provided in Section 4035 of the Business and Professions Code.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11024.
    “Physician,” “dentist,” “podiatrist,” “pharmacist,” “veterinarian,” and “optometrist” means persons who are licensed to practice their respective professions in this state.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 676,...
  • Section 11025.
    “Poppy straw” means all parts, except the seeds, of the opium poppy, after mowing.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11026.
    “Practitioner” means any of the following:(a)  A physician, dentist, veterinarian, podiatrist, or pharmacist acting within the scope of a project authorized under Article 1 (commencing...
  • Section 11027.
    (a)  “Prescription” means an oral order or electronic transmission prescription for a controlled substance given individually for the person(s) for whom prescribed, directly from the...
  • Section 11029.
    “Production” includes the manufacture, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting of a controlled substance.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11029.5.
    “Security printer” means a person approved to produce controlled substance prescription forms pursuant to Section 11161.5.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 406, Sec. 2. Effective January...
  • Section 11030.
    “Ultimate user” means a person who lawfully possesses a controlled substance for his own use or for the use of a member of his household...
  • Section 11031.
    “Wholesaler” has the same meaning as provided in Section 4038 of the Business and Professions Code.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1407.)
  • Section 11032.
    If reference is made to the term “narcotics” in any law not in this division, unless otherwise expressly provided, it means those controlled substances classified...
  • Section 11033.
    As used in this division, except as otherwise defined, the term “isomer” includes optical and geometrical (diastereomeric) isomers.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 21, Sec. 2....

Last modified: October 22, 2018