{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-4071","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 4071","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a prescriber may authorize his or her agent on his or her behalf to orally or electronically transmit a prescription to the furnisher. The furnisher shall make a reasonable effort to determine that the person who transmits the prescription is authorized to do so and shall record the name of the authorized agent of the prescriber who transmits the order.\nThis section shall not apply to orders for Schedule II controlled substances.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 9. Pharmacy [4000. - 4427.8.]","ARTICLE 4. Requirements for Prescriptions [4070. - 4079.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"18c7ddf441bed5b23b4a90e3a9961517495fca0b1da1ebb84424d724d9414229","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-4070","next":"us-ca/bpc-4071.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}