{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-377","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 377","heading":"","body":"Every person who, in order to obtain for himself or another any drug that can be lawfully dispensed by a pharmacist only on prescription, falsely represents himself to be a physician or other person who can lawfully prescribe such drug, or falsely represents that he is acting on behalf of a person who can lawfully prescribe such drug, in a telephone communication with a pharmacist, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 10. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY [369a. - 402c.]"],"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":"d6fbd0c51fd794da2e60c774d077914e37efbea79d517a11a0e62e7443c53f70","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-375","next":"us-ca/pen-379"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}