{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-11026","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 11026","heading":"","body":"“Practitioner” means any of the following:\n(a) A physician, dentist, veterinarian, podiatrist, or pharmacist acting within the scope of a project authorized under Article 1 (commencing with Section 128125) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 107, a registered nurse acting within the scope of a project authorized under Article 1 (commencing with Section 128125) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 107, a certified nurse-midwife acting within the scope of Section 2746.51 of the Business and Professions Code, a nurse practitioner acting within the scope of Section 2836.1 of the Business and Professions Code, or a physician assistant acting within the scope of a project authorized under Article 1 (commencing with Section 128125) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 107 or Section 3502.1 of the Business and Professions Code, or an optometrist acting within the scope of Section 3041 of the Business and Professions Code.\n(b) A pharmacy, hospital, or other institution licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, or to administer, a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state.\n(c) A scientific investigator, or other person licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted, to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, or administer, a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 10. UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT [11000. - 11651.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions [11000. - 11033.]"],"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":"78c2992cc48e383d39efe8b16ae3cccb1ea1366a2f7aee585f69974f43b8b939","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-11025","next":"us-ca/hsc-11027"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}