SECTIONS 11450-11454 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 11450-11454

11450. The Attorney General may, in conformity with the State Civil
Service Act, Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500), Division 5,
Title 2 of the Government Code, employ such agents, chemists,
clerical, and other employees as are necessary for the conduct of the
affairs of the Department of Justice in carrying out its
responsibilities specified in this division.

11453. The Department of Justice may employ a physician to
interview and examine any patient for whom any controlled substance
classified in Schedule I, II, or III has been prescribed or to whom
any such controlled substance has been furnished or administered, or
who is an habitual user of such a controlled substance, or who has a
previous addiction record to a substance listed as a controlled
substance classified in Schedule I, II, or III.
The patient shall submit to the interview and examination and
shall not in any manner hinder or impede it.
The physician employed by the Department of Justice to conduct the
interview and examination shall report the results of the
examination and interview to the department.
The physician so employed may testify in any action brought under
this division or in any administrative hearing conducted under the
Medical Practice Act or the Osteopathic Act and his or her testimony
is not privileged.
Every person who violates any provision of this section is guilty
of a misdemeanor.

11454. The Attorney General and the agents appointed by him, when
authorized so to do by the Attorney General, may expend such sums as
the Attorney General deems necessary in the purchase of controlled
substances for evidence and in the employment of operators to obtain
evidence.
The sums so expended shall be repaid to the officer making the
expenditures upon claims approved by the Attorney General and subject
to postaudit by the Department of Finance. The claims when approved
shall be paid out of the funds appropriated or made available by law
for the support or use of the Department of Justice.