{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-11162.6","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 11162.6","heading":"","body":"(a) Every person who counterfeits a controlled substance prescription form shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.\n(b) Every person who knowingly possesses a counterfeited controlled substance prescription form shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.\n(c) Every person who attempts to obtain or obtains a controlled substance prescription form under false pretenses shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.\n(d) Every person who fraudulently produces controlled substance prescription forms shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.\n(e) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2004.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 10. UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT [11000. - 11651.]","CHAPTER 4. Prescriptions [11150. - 11209.]","ARTICLE 1. Requirements of Prescriptions [11150. - 11180.]"],"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":"6b1e6ecffc0a0e2742280154bf0ee19efb1d2f45ab7d581df2517aa04b98b67a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-11162.5","next":"us-ca/hsc-11164"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}