Cal. BPC § 4120
This is the official text of Cal. BPC § 4120, part of California’s Business and Professions Code — regulates business practices and professional/occupational licensing - contractors, doctors, cosmetologists, real estate agents, and dozens of other licensed professions.
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Official statutory text
(a) A nonresident pharmacy shall not sell or distribute dangerous drugs or dangerous devices in this state through any person or media, other than a wholesaler or third-party logistics provider who has obtained a license pursuant to this chapter or through a selling or distribution outlet that is licensed as a wholesaler or third-party logistics provider pursuant to this chapter, without registering as a nonresident pharmacy.
(b) Applications for a nonresident pharmacy registration shall be made on a form furnished by the board. The board may require any information the board deems reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(c) The Legislature, by enacting this section, does not intend a license issued to any nonresident pharmacy pursuant to this section to change or affect the tax liability imposed by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 23501) of Part 11 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code on any nonresident pharmacy.
(d) The Legislature, by enacting this section, does not intend a license issued to any nonresident pharmacy pursuant to this section to serve as any evidence that the nonresident pharmacy is doing business within this state.
(b) Applications for a nonresident pharmacy registration shall be made on a form furnished by the board. The board may require any information the board deems reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(c) The Legislature, by enacting this section, does not intend a license issued to any nonresident pharmacy pursuant to this section to change or affect the tax liability imposed by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 23501) of Part 11 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code on any nonresident pharmacy.
(d) The Legislature, by enacting this section, does not intend a license issued to any nonresident pharmacy pursuant to this section to serve as any evidence that the nonresident pharmacy is doing business within this state.
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