(

a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (

b) and in

Article 7 (commencing with

Section 4211) of

Chapter of Division of the Business and Professions Code, every person who transports, imports into this state, sells, furnishes, administers, or gives away, or offers to transport, import into this state, sell, furnish, administer, or give away, or attempts to import into this state or transport any controlled substance which is (1) classified in

Schedule III, IV, or V and which is not a narcotic drug, except subdivision (

g) of

Section 11056, (2) specified in subdivision (

d) of

Section 11054, except paragraphs (13), (14), (15), (20), (21), (22), and (23) of subdivision (d), (3) specified in paragraph (11) of subdivision (

c) of

Section 11056, (4) specified in paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (

f) of

Section 11054, or (5) specified in subdivision (

d) or (e), except paragraph (3) of subdivision (e), or specified in subparagraph (

A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (f), of

Section 11055, unless upon the prescription of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian, licensed to practice in this state, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (

h) of

Section of the Penal Code for a period of two, three, or four years. (

b) Notwithstanding the penalty provisions of subdivision (a), any person who transports any controlled substances specified in subdivision (

a) within this state from one county to another noncontiguous county shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (

h) of

Section of the Penal Code for three, six, or nine years. (

c) For purposes of this section, “transports” means to transport for sale. (

d) Nothing in this

section is intended to preclude or limit prosecution under an aiding and abetting theory, accessory theory, or a conspiracy theory.