(a) Any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person or entity in this state that sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes any of the following substances to any person or entity in this state or any other state shall submit a report to the Department of Justice of all of those transactions: (1) Phenyl-2-propanone. (2) Methylamine. (3) Ethylamine. (4) D-lysergic acid. (5) Ergotamine tartrate. (6) Diethyl malonate. (7) Malonic acid. (8) Ethyl malonate. (9) Barbituric acid. (10) Piperidine. (11) N-acetylanthranilic acid. (12) Pyrrolidine. (13) Phenylacetic acid. (14) Anthranilic acid. (15) Morpholine. (16) Ephedrine. (17) Pseudoephedrine. (18) Norpseudoephedrine. (19) Phenylpropanolamine. (20) Propionic anhydride. (21) Isosafrole. (22) Safrole. (23) Piperonal. (24) Thionyl chloride. (25) Benzyl cyanide. (26) Ergonovine maleate. (27) N-methylephedrine. (28) N-ethylephedrine. (29) N-methylpseudoephedrine. (30) N-ethylpseudoephedrine. (31) Chloroephedrine. (32) Chloropseudoephedrine. (33) Hydriodic acid. (34) Gamma-butyrolactone, including butyrolactone; butyrolactone gamma; 4-butyrolactone; 2(3H)-furanone dihydro; dihydro-2(3H)-furanone; tetrahydro-2-furanone; 1,2-butanolide; 1,4-butanolide; 4-butanolide; gamma-hydroxybutyric acid lactone; 3-hydroxybutyric acid lactone and 4-hydroxybutanoic acid lactone with Chemical Abstract Service number (96-48-0). (35) 1,4-butanediol, including butanediol; butane-1,4-diol; 1,4-butylene glycol; butylene glycol; 1,4-dihydroxybutane; 1,4-tetramethylene glycol; tetramethylene glycol; tetramethylene 1,4-diol with Chemical Abstract Service number (110-63-4). (36) Red phosphorus, including white phosphorus, hypophosphorous acid and its salts, ammonium hypophosphite, calcium hypophosphite, iron hypophosphite, potassium hypophosphite, manganese hypophosphite, magnesium hypophosphite, sodium hypophosphite, and phosphorous acid and its salts. (37) Iodine or tincture of iodine. (38) Any of the substances listed by the Department of Justice in regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision (b). (b) The Department of Justice may adopt rules and regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code that add substances to subdivision (a) if the substance is a precursor to a controlled substance and delete substances from subdivision (a). However, no regulation adding or deleting a substance shall have any effect beyond March 1 of the year following the calendar year during which the regulation was adopted. (c) (1) (A) Any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person or entity in this state, prior to selling, transferring, or otherwise furnishing any substance specified in subdivision (a) to any person or business entity in this state or any other state, shall require (i) a letter of authorization from that person or business entity that includes the currently valid business license number or federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration number, the address of the business, and a full description of how the substance is to be used, and (ii) proper identification from the purchaser. The manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person or entity in this state shall retain this information in a readily available manner for three years. The requirement for a full description of how the substance is to be used does not require the person or business entity to reveal their chemical processes that are typically considered trade secrets and proprietary information. (B) For the purposes of this paragraph, âproper identificationâ for in-state or out-of-state purchasers includes two or more of the following: federal tax identification number; sellerâs permit identification number; city or county business license number; license issued by the State Department of Public Health; registration number issued by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration; precursor business permit number issued by the Department
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