§ 4045 Logistics Providers For Drugs

Business and Professions Code·California

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•A third-party logistics provider helps store or move dangerous drugs or medical devices for others.
•They don’t own the drugs or devices—they just handle or store them.
•They don’t decide where or how the drugs/devices are sold or used.

Example

A company stores insulin for a drug maker but doesn’t sell it themselves.

The company is just helping with storage and shipping, not owning or selling the insulin.

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§ 4045 Logistics Providers For Drugs

“Third-party logistics provider” means an entity that provides or coordinates warehousing or other logistics services for a dangerous drug or dangerous device in intrastate or interstate commerce on behalf of a manufacturer, wholesaler, or dispenser of the dangerous drug or dangerous device, but does not take ownership of the dangerous drug or dangerous device, nor have responsibility to direct its sale or disposition. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 507, Sec. 7. (AB 2605) Effective January 1, 2015.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

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third-party logistics provider ownership danger medical responsibility disposition

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Business and Professions Code. Section 4045.

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