Section 11164.1.

(a)  (1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a prescription for a controlled substance issued by a prescriber in another state for delivery to a patient in another state may be dispensed by a California pharmacy, if the prescription conforms with the requirements for controlled substance prescriptions in the state in which the controlled substance was prescribed.

(2)  All prescriptions for Schedule II and Schedule III controlled substances dispensed pursuant to this subdivision shall be reported by the dispensing pharmacy to the Department of Justice in the manner prescribed by subdivision (d) of Section 11165.

(b)  Pharmacies may dispense prescriptions for Schedule III, Schedule IV, and Schedule V controlled substances from out-of-state prescribers pursuant to Section 4005 of the Business and Professions Code and Section 1717 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations.

(c)  This section shall become operative on January 1, 2005.

(Repealed (in Sec. 14) and added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 406, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2004. Section operative January 1, 2005, by its own provisions.)