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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.
