LAWBOOK FOR PHARMACY - California State Board of Pharmacy

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It's that time of year again.

Here's the updated California Pharmacy Law Book for the current year.

Lawbook for Pharmacy - a free publication from the California State Board of Pharmacy (PDF)

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

California Designated Representative Training Courses

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• Wholesaler Training Course
• 3PL Training Course
• Reverse Distributor Training Course

California Designated Representative Training Courses

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• These online training courses are designed for California Designated Representative license applicants and their managers. We make the messy regulatory requirements simple and easy to understand!
• Earn a Board-accepted training affidavit, for your license application, by taking any one of our courses.
• No need to schedule your training. Buy the course. Start when you’re ready! Therefore, buy now and start studying!
• Online internet-based e-learning, easily accessed to make it possible & convenient for you to study from your home or office, in other words, study in any location!
• Our courses involve more than just reading slides.
• Available 365 x 24 x 7. Come and go as needed. In other words, our courses are convenient and flexible.
• Composed of a series of self-study pre-recorded presentations that cover essential and required topics (as specified on their respective California Designated Representative license application form).
• Designed with a follow-up quiz after each course section. When you finish, you will request your completion documents, specifically, your training affidavit.
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California Designated Representative - Disciplinary Actions

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Updated June 15, 2026

California State Board of Pharmacy - Disciplinary Actions

If you:

• are a California Designated Representative applicant or licensee, or 
• manage a wholesale or 3PL facility, 

- then your professional status and public reputation rest upon legal and regulatory compliance.

When facilities and/or licensees break applicable laws and regulations, the Board takes enforcement action. Typically, the Board files accusations, and then follows that with disciplinary action.

When disciplinary action occurs, people (including the public and consumers) can learn about it through a couple of ways:

• They can view lists of licensees reported on the Board's Disciplinary Actions webpage, or
• They can read the details of each case, naming the licensee, the cause for discipline, and the resulting Board action, as reported in the Board's newsletter, The Script. In each issue of The Script, in a section labeled "Disciplinary Actions," individual cases are hyperlinked and can open up a detailed legal document for the case.

Resources:

• California State Board of Pharmacy - Enforcement Actions and Policies
• California State Board of Pharmacy - Laws and Regulations

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

California - Statutory Changes in Pharmacy Law

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Updated January 2, 2026

The PDF for 2021 is no longer available.

You can download the pharmacy law changes for the current year from this Board webpage:

• Laws and Regulations

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Statutory Changes in Pharmacy Law - Published by the California State Board of Pharmacy

Unless otherwise noted, the provisions take effect January 1, 2021

View the 31 page source document, "Pharmacy Law Changes for 2021 (PDF)," on this Board webpage:  

• Laws and Regulations

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

DSCSA Regulations & Guidances From The FDA Are Overdue

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Updated Nov 26, 2019.  You might also be interested in:

• FDA guidance and policy documents related to the DSCSA

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This should interest wholesale drug distributors and third-party logistics providers (3PLs).

A total of four DSCSA regulations and guidances were expected from the FDA by November 27, 2015 (Source: Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) Implementation Plan; view the text version of the graphic):

Section of DSCSA	Deliverable Type	Deliverable Description	Estimated Target Date
202	Guidance	Publish guidance on processes for waivers, exceptions, exemptions	11/27/2015
202	Guidance	Publish final guidance on grandfathering product	11/27/2015
204	Regulation	Develop regulations establishing standards for licensing of wholesale drug distributors	11/27/2015
205	Regulation	Develop regulations establishing standards for licensing of third-party logistic providers	11/27/2015

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

California Designated Representatives - Learn from these enforcement actions

Learn from these enforcement actions taken against wholesalers and California designated representatives, going back to 2007.

Go to:  The California Board of Pharmacy |  Enforcement Actions | Accusations Filed

Approach the "accusations filed" as case studies, and situations to learn from and avoid. These are real life examples of what can happen when applicable laws, rules, and regulations are not understood or followed.

There are a lot of cases, and there's quite a diverse mix of cases that are listed, including those involving wholesalers and designated representatives.  You'll want to sift through, and look for the cases that indicate:

•  Site license: Wholesale Permit No. WLS #
•  Personal license: Designated Representative License No. EXC #

The cases contain a lot of information, and I suggest starting out simply, by scanning these sections: case review of applicable rules and regulations; and the associated causes for discipline.

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• CA Designated Representative-3PL online training certification by SkillsPlus Intl Inc.- We'll send you the 3PL training affidavit upon successful course completion.
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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

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Controlled Substances Authorities - State Profiles - NASCSA

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• Who Are You Going To Call? These Collaboration Partners (for all things pharma & drug distribution related)

The National Association of State Controlled Substances Authorities (NASCSA) is an educational organization, that focuses on increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of state and national efforts to prevent and control drug diversion and abuse.

On their website, they publish a great resource, "State Profiles." On the NASCSA State Profiles webpage, when you click on a state of your interest on the map of the USA, you're presented with state-specific information, such as:

• State controlled substances authorities & their contacts
• State laws, statutes, regulations, and rules
• State prescription monitoring programs (PMP) & contacts

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Don’t Get Caught Without a CA Pharmacy Wholesaler License | Wit of Mandate

Don’t get caught without a California Pharmacy Wholesaler License | Wit of Mandate | Official Blog of Simas & Associates, Ltd. | California's Leading Professional License Defense Law Firm:

"Such a wholesaler must not only apply for a corporate or company license, but must also license each separate place of business operated, and designate a representative who is responsible for compliance with the state and federal laws regarding wholesalers (Business & Professions Code Section 4161(b))."

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The Designated Representative Institute

CA HMDR Exemptee online internet-based training certification by SkillsPlus Intl Inc.
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Business Owners May Face $100-Per-Day Penalty Under ObamaCare | Fox

Updated September 30, 2025

The original link broke.

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Business Owners May Face $100-Per-Day Penalty Under ObamaCare | Fox Small Business Center:

"Small business owners who thought they were off the hook for ObamaCare regulations until 2015 may be in for an expensive wake-up call next month.

Beginning Oct. 1, any business with at least one employee and $500,000 in annual revenue must notify all employees by letter about the Affordable Care Act’s health-care exchanges, or face up to a $100-per-day fine."


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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

CA HMDR Facilities Must Have Policies and Procedures

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CA HMDR Facilities Must Have Policies and Procedures | SkillsPlus International Info:  'via Blog this'

Section 111656.3 starts out with:  

"Each home medical device retail facility shall have written policies and procedures related to home medical device handling and, if authorized by the department pursuant to Section 111656.4, the dispensing of prescription devices. Those written policies and procedures shall be adequate to assure compliance with this article and shall include, but not be limited to . . . "  

Notice the phrase, " . . . shall have written policies and procedures . . . "

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training - New!
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

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• Problems With Standard Operating Procedures? We've Got Templates (skillsplusinfo.blogspot.com)