Cal. PEN § 377
This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 377, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.
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Official statutory text
Every person who, in order to obtain for himself or another any drug that can be lawfully dispensed by a pharmacist only on prescription, falsely represents himself to be a physician or other person who can lawfully prescribe such drug, or falsely represents that he is acting on behalf of a person who can lawfully prescribe such drug, in a telephone communication with a pharmacist, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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