Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1027+hil
Timestamp: 2017-07-22 14:38:21
Document Index: 473870679

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 54', '§ 18', '§ 54', '§ 54', '§ 18', '§ 54']

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Prefiled January 4, 2017
Patrons-- Marsden, Ebbin and Mason; Delegates: Carr, Filler-Corn, LeMunyon and
1. That §§ 18.2-250.1 and 54.1-3408.3 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 34 of Title 54.1 an article numbered 4.2, consisting of sections numbered 54.1-3442.5 through 54.1-3442.8, as follows:
C. The Board shall adopt regulations establishing health, safety, and security requirements for pharmaceutical processors. Such regulations shall include requirements for (i) physical standards; (ii) location restrictions; (iii) security systems and controls; (iv) minimum equipment and resources; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) labeling and packaging; (vii) quarterly inspections; (viii) processes for safely and securely cultivating Cannabis plants intended for producing cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil, producing cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil, and dispensing cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil to a registered patient or, if such patient is a minor or an incapacitated adult as defined in § 18.2-369, such patient's parent or legal guardian; (ix) a maximum number of marijuana plants a pharmaceutical processor may possess at any one time; and (x) the secure disposal of plant remains.
E. No person who has been convicted of a felony or of any offense in violation of Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) or Article 1.1 (§ 18.2-265.1) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 shall be employed by or act as an agent of a pharmaceutical processor.
A. A pharmaceutical processor shall dispense cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil only to (i) a patient who is a Virginia resident, has been issued a valid written certification, and is registered with the Board pursuant to § 54.1-3408.3 or (ii) if such patient is a minor or an incapacitated adult as defined in § 18.2-369, such patient's parent or legal guardian who is a Virginia resident and is registered with the Board pursuant to § 54.1-3408.3. Prior to dispensing, the pharmaceutical processor shall verify that the practitioner issuing the written certification, the patient, and, if such patient is a minor or an incapacitated adult, the patient's parent or legal guardian are registered with the Board. No pharmaceutical processor shall dispense more than a 30-day supply for any patient during any 30-day period. The Board shall establish in regulation an amount of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil that constitutes a 30-day supply to treat or alleviate the symptoms of a patient's intractable epilepsy.
B. A pharmaceutical processor may deliver, in accordance with § 54.1-3420.2 and Board regulations, cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil to the residence of a patient or, if such patient is a minor or an incapacitated adult as defined in § 18.2-369, the residence of the patient's parent or legal guardian.
C. A pharmaceutical processor shall dispense only cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil that has been cultivated and produced on the premises of such pharmaceutical processor.
D. The Board shall report annually by December 1 to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice on the operation of pharmaceutical processors issued a permit by the Board, including the number of practitioners, patients, and parents or legal guardians of patients who have registered with the Board and the number of written certifications issued pursuant to § 54.1-3408.3.
2. That the Board of Pharmacy shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the first enactment of this act within 280 days of its initial enactment.