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425.0000 Prescription Medicines—Regulation 1591
Annotation 425.0004
(a) Generally
425.0004 Acupuncturist. SB 1558 (1980), Chapter 1313, provides that an acupuncturist's certificate authorizes the holder thereof to " … prescribe the use of … nutrition, including the incorporation of drugless substances and herbs as dietary supplement to promote health." The meaning of "prescribe" under the above law does not fall within the context of the word "prescribe" pursuant to section 4036 of the Business and Professions Code. This section provides that, "no person other than a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian, … shall prescribe or write a prescription." Therefore, the provisions of SB 1558 (1980) will not change the application of the sales tax to sales of herbs and drugless substances by acupuncturists.
If an acupuncturist is a licensed physician or other person specified in section 4036 of the Business and Professions Code, and prescribes drugless substances and herbs which he furnishes to his patient for treatment, or which are dispensed on prescription filled by a registered pharmacist in accordance with the law, such acupuncturist is not required to hold a seller's permit and the sales to the patient are exempt from tax. 12/12/80; 5/14/96.