(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a prescription for a controlled substance issued by a prescriber in another state for delivery to a patient in another state may be dispensed by a California pharmacy, if the prescription conforms with the requirements for controlled substance prescriptions in the state in which the controlled substance was prescribed.
(2) All prescriptions for Schedule II, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances dispensed pursuant to this subdivision shall be reported by the dispensing pharmacy to the Department of Justice in the manner prescribed by subdivision (d) of Section 11165.
(b) Pharmacies may dispense prescriptions for Schedule III, Schedule IV, and Schedule V controlled substances from out-of-state prescribers pursuant to Section 4005 of the Business and Professions Code and Section 1717 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 677, Sec. 3. (AB 528) Effective January 1, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2021, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 4 of Stats. 2019, Ch. 677.)
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