Application For Designated Representative License

Updated July 20, 2026

California Designated Representative license applicants - Free Tips

Important Tip: Follow All Instructions About Your Name

The license application forms for California Designated Representative candidates can be tricky when it comes to filling out the form fields with your name.

Here's the main point, whichever form you're completing, read all the instructions that are related to your name. Failure to do so, can result in common errors that could delay the processing of your license application.

Here's a small sampling of name-related instructions to pay attention to:

• Full Name: Must be EXACTLY THE SAME as the name on your state issued driver’s license or state issued identification card (Jr., II, etc., must be included). It also must be EXACTLY THE SAME as the name on your application.
• If you have a hyphenated name, two last names, or two first names, you need to list your name on each of the following documents to match that of your state issued identification, such as the Designated Representative Application, or Request for Live Scan form, or fingerprint cards
• Have you ever used a different name? List each prior name on the application under Previous Names. Did you have a maiden name, married name, former name, AKA?  Have you ever used Jr., Sr., II, etc., with your name?  If you do not list all of your previous names, the Board might not be able to locate, match, or verify your documents.
• Live Scan Service:  You're reminded that your legal name must be on file with the Board. If your name has changed you are required to notify the Board within 30 days of the change.

If you're still confused, the Board maintains a Contact Us webpage.

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Training programs for California Designated Representative license applicants - Earn a training affidavit

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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

A Lesson from McKesson: How Specialty Pharmacy Growth Is Hurting Wholesalers - Drug Channels

Read Adam Fein's full article:  Drug Channels: A Lesson from McKesson: How Specialty Pharmacy Growth Is Hurting Wholesalers:

"Wholesalers have been trying to alter their conventional pricing and contracting approaches to address these pressures, though it’s not clear how successful these efforts have been. The specialty boom may prove to be a mixed blessing for wholesalers."

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Training programs for California Designated Representative (for wholesalers or 3PL) license applicants - Earn a training affidavit

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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

California HMDR Laws for 2018

California HMDR Laws for 2018

New CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Law - Effective Jan 1, 2018

Read the full Bill:   Bill Text - AB-1387 Home medical device retail facility business: licensing: inspections.:

"AB 1387, Arambula. Home medical device retail facility business: licensing: inspections.

The Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, among other things, prohibits a person from conducting a home medical device retail facility business in the state without a valid license from the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires the department to inspect each place of business prior to issuing a license, and further requires the department to inspect each licensee at least annually.

This bill would modify, until January 1, 2023, the requirement for the department to inspect a licensed home medical device retail facility business if it is accredited, as specified, by an accreditation organization approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. If so accredited, the bill would authorize the department to conduct an inspection only upon a complaint made to the department regarding the licensee. For a licensee that is not so accredited, the bill would continue to require the department to conduct an inspection at least annually."

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Source: The legislation above is referenced on the CA HMDR Program website

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Training program and certification for California Home Medical Device Retailers (HMDR) Exemptee license applicants - Earn a completion certificate

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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

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

Amazon pharmacy team expanded to more than 30: Leerink - CNBC

Updated July 2, 2026

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Read the full article:   Amazon pharmacy team expanded to more than 30: Leerink - CNBC:

"Researchers at Leerink interviewed an anonymous former senior Amazon employee, who described an exploratory team at Amazon that was once 7 to 8 people, and is now 30 to 40."

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Training programs for California Designated Representative Wholesaler or California Designated Representative 3PL license applicants

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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 Pharmacy Law Book

• California Designated Representative Training Courses (approved by the California State Board of Pharmacy)
• Buy now to take one of the courses for:
       Wholesalers | 3PL | Reverse Distributors

Updated May 21, 2026

Lawbook For Pharmacy - California

California Pharmacy Law Book with Rules and Regulations for the current year

Statutory Changes to California Pharmacy Law - Effective this current year

It's that time of year again.  The new California Pharmacy Law Book is now available.

Notable for our audience in 2018, is the creation of the California Designated Representative Reverse Distributor license.

Follow the two links above, to read the laws.

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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

Top 10 Logistics Stories of 2017 | Logistics Viewpoints

• California Designated Representative Training Courses (approved by the California State Board of Pharmacy): 
• 3PL Training Course
• Wholesaler Training Course
• Reverse Distributor Training Course

View all ten stories:  Top 10 Logistics Stories of 2017 | Logistics Viewpoints:

"2017 is just about in the books, and it has been a busy year for the supply chain industry. Let’s look back at ten of the top logistics stories of the year."

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Training program for third-party logistics providers (3PL) handling dangerous drugs or devices who are applying for a California Designated Representative 3PL license - Earn a training affidavit

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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

Policymakers must fix problems with Medicare’s competitive bidding program for home oxygen therapy | The Hill

• Register now to take this online training course, California HMDR Exemptee training certification course for home medical device retailers (HMDR).

Read the full article:  Policymakers must fix problems with Medicare’s competitive bidding program for home oxygen therapy | The Hill:

"The end result is that patients are finding it more difficult to access the treatments they need.  According to Medicare’s data, the number of oxygen rental patients declined by 33 percent between 2008 and 2014, while the number of COPD diagnoses increased by 59 percent. Because the only treatment for COPD in its later stages is home oxygen therapy, the increase in diagnosis and the decrease in patients using the services suggests that patients aren’t getting access to the care necessary to remain at home."

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Training program for home medical device retailers applying for a California Exemptee license - Earn a course completion certificate

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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