{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-4331","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 4331","heading":"","body":"(a) A person not authorized under this chapter who takes charge of a wholesaler or veterinary food-animal drug retailer or who dispenses a prescription or furnishes dangerous devices, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n(b) A person who is not a responsible manager or a designated representative-3PL who takes charge of a third-party logistics provider or coordinates the warehousing or distribution of dangerous drugs or dangerous devices within a third-party logistics provider, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n(c) A person licensed as a veterinary food-animal drug retailer that fails to place in charge of that veterinary food-animal drug retailer a pharmacist or designated representative, or any person who, by himself or herself, or by any other person, permits the dispensing of prescriptions, except by a pharmacist or designated representative, or as otherwise provided in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n(d) A person licensed as a wholesaler that fails to place in charge of that wholesaler a pharmacist or designated representative, or any person who, by himself or herself, or by any other person, permits the furnishing of dangerous drugs or dangerous devices, except by a pharmacist or designated representative, or as otherwise provided in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n(e) A person licensed as a third-party logistics provider that fails to place in charge of a licensed place of business of the third-party logistics provider a responsible manager, or any person who, by himself or herself, or by any other person, permits the furnishing of dangerous drugs or dangerous devices, except by a facility manager, or as otherwise provided in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 9. Pharmacy [4000. - 4427.8.]","ARTICLE 20. Prohibitions and Offenses [4320. - 4343.]"],"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":"69412fc3ba489962abff7fed5efeeea939361aae3935b5fb1652e706299fa380","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-4330","next":"us-ca/bpc-4332"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}