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VA Code § 54.1-3408.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3408.1. Prescription in excess of recommended dosage in certain cases

In the case of a patient with intractable pain, a physician may prescribe a dosage in excess of the recommended dosage of a pain relieving agent if he certifies the medical necessity for such excess dosage in the patient's medical record. Any person who prescribes, dispenses or administers an excess dosage in accordance with this section shall not be in violation of the provisions of this title because of such excess dosage, if such excess dosage is prescribed, dispensed or administered in good faith for accepted medicinal or therapeutic purposes.Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any person immunity from investigation or disciplinary action based on the prescription, dispensing or administration of an excess dosage in violation of this title.1988, c. 870, § 54-524.65:1; 1990, c. 681; 1995, c. 277.
VA Code § 54.1-3408.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3408.2. Failure to report administration or dispensing of or prescription for controlled substances; report required; penalty

Any person authorized to prescribe, dispense, or administer controlled substances pursuant to § 54.1-3408 who has reason to suspect that a person has obtained or attempted to obtain a controlled substance or prescription for a controlled substance by fraud or deceit, may report the activity to the local law-enforcement agency for investigation. Any person who, in good faith, makes a report or furnishes information or records to a law-enforcement officer or entity pursuant to this section shall not be liable for civil damages in connection with making such report or furnishing such information or records.2010, c. 185.
VA Code § 54.1-3408.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3408.4. (Expires July 1, 2022) Prescription of buprenorphine without naloxone; limitation

Prescriptions for products containing buprenorphine without naloxone shall be issued only (i) for patients who are pregnant, (ii) when converting a patient from methadone to buprenorphine containing naloxone for a period not to exceed seven days, or (iii) as permitted by regulations of the Board of Medicine, the Board of Nursing, or the Board of Veterinary Medicine.2017, cc. 794, 812.
VA Code § 54.1-3408.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3408.5. Epinephrine required in certain public places

Every public place, as defined in § 15.2-2820, may make epinephrine available for administration. Pursuant to an order or standing protocol issued by the prescriber within the course of his professional practice and in accordance with policies and guidelines established by the Department of Health, any employee of a public place, as defined in § 15.2-2820, who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine may possess and administer epinephrine to a person present in the public place believed in good faith to be having an anaphylactic reaction.2020, c. 556.
VA Code § 54.1-3409 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3409. Professional use by veterinarians

A veterinarian may not prescribe controlled substances for human use and shall only prescribe, dispense or administer a controlled substance in good faith for use by animals within the course of his professional practice. He may prescribe, on a written prescription or on oral prescription as authorized by § 54.1-3410. He may administer drugs, and he may cause them to be administered by an assistant or orderly under his direction and supervision. Such a prescription shall be dated and signed by the person prescribing on the day when issued, and shall bear the full name and address of the owner of the animal, and the species of the animal for which the drug is prescribed and the full name, address and registry number, under the federal laws of the person prescribing, if he is required by those laws to be so registered.Code 1950, § 54-498; 1956, c. 225; 1970, c. 650, § 54-524.66; 1983, c. 528; 1988, c. 765.
VA Code § 54.1-3410.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3410.1. Requirements for radiopharmaceuticals

A. A pharmacist who is authorized by the Board and acting in good faith, may sell and dispense radiopharmaceuticals pursuant to the order of a physician who is authorized by state or federal law to possess and administer radiopharmaceuticals for the treatment or diagnosis of disease.B. When an authorized nuclear pharmacist dispenses a radioactive medical material, he shall assure that the outer container (shield) of the radiopharmaceutical shall bear the following information:1. The name and address of the nuclear pharmacy;2. The name of the prescriber (authorized user);3. The date of dispensing;4. The serial number assigned to the radiopharmaceutical order;5. The standard radiation symbol;6. The name of the diagnostic procedure;7. The words "Caution: Radioactive Material";8. The name of the radionuclide;9. The amount of radioactivity and the calibration date and time;10. The expiration date and time;11. In the case of a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical, the patient's name or the words "Per Physician's Order"; and12. In the case of a therapeutic radiopharmaceutical, the patient's name.C. Orders for radiopharmaceuticals, whether written or verbal, shall include at least the following information:1. The name of the institution or facility and the name of the person transmitting the order;2. The date that the radiopharmaceutical will be needed and the calibration time;3. The name or generally recognized and accepted abbreviation of the radiopharmaceutical;4. The dose or activity of the radiopharmaceutical at the time of calibration; and5. In the case of a therapeutic radiopharmaceutical or a radiopharmaceutical blood product, the name of the patient shall be obtained prior to dispensing.2000, c. 861.
VA Code § 54.1-3411 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3411. When prescriptions may be refilled

Prescriptions may be refilled as follows:1. A prescription for a drug in Schedule II may not be refilled.2. A prescription for a drug in Schedules III or IV may not be filled or refilled more than six months after the date on which such prescription was issued and no such prescription may be authorized to be refilled, nor be refilled, more than five times, except that any prescription for such a drug after six months from the date of issue, or after being refilled five times, may be renewed by the prescriber issuing it either in writing, or orally, if promptly reduced to writing and filed by the pharmacist filling it.3. A prescription in Schedule VI may not be refilled, unless authorized by the prescriber either on the face of the original prescription or orally by the prescriber except as provided in subdivision 4 of this section. Oral instructions shall be reduced promptly to writing by the pharmacist and filed on or with the original prescription.4. A prescription for a drug controlled by Schedule VI may be refilled without authorization from the prescriber if reasonable effort has been made to communicate with the prescriber, and the pharmacist has determined that he is not available and the patient's health would be in imminent danger without the benefits of the drug. The pharmacist shall inform the patient of the prescriber's unavailability and that the refill is being made without his authorization. The pharmacist shall promptly inform the prescriber of such refill. The date and quantity of the refill, the prescriber's unavailability and the rationale for the refill shall be noted on the reverse side of the prescription.1970, c. 650, § 54-524.68; 1972, c. 798; 1976, c. 614; 1983, c. 395; 1988, c. 765; 1996, c. 408.
VA Code § 54.1-3411.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3411.2. Prescription drug disposal programs

A. As used in this section:"Authorized pharmacy disposal site" means a pharmacy that qualifies as a collection site pursuant to 21 C.F.R § 1317.40."Pharmacy drug disposal program" means any voluntary drug disposal program located at or operated in accordance with state and federal law by a pharmacy.B. A pharmacy may participate in a pharmacy drug disposal program in accordance with state and federal law regarding proper collection, storage, and destruction of prescription drugs, including controlled and noncontrolled substances. A pharmacy that chooses to participate in a pharmacy drug disposal program shall notify the Board, and the Board shall maintain a list of all pharmacies in the Commonwealth that have chosen to participate in a pharmacy drug disposal program on a website maintained by the Board.C. No person that participates in a pharmacy drug disposal program shall be liable for any theft, robbery, or other criminal act related to its participation in the pharmacy drug disposal program nor shall such person be liable for acts of simple negligence in the collection, storage, or destruction of prescription drugs collected through such pharmacy drug disposal program, provided that the pharmacy practice site is acting in good faith and in accordance with applicable state and federal law and regulations.D. In order to mitigate the risk of diversion of drugs upon the death of a patient, any hospice licensed by the Department or exempt from licensure pursuant to § 32.1-162.2 shall develop policies and procedures for the disposal of drugs, including opioids, dispensed as part of the hospice plan of care. Such disposal shall be (i) performed in a manner that complies with all state and federal requirements for the safe disposal of drugs by a licensed nurse, physician assistant, or physician who is employed by or has entered into a contract with the hospice program; (ii) witnessed by a member of the patient's family or a second employee of the hospice program who is licensed by a health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions; and (iii) documented in the patient's medical record.2016, c. 95; 2018, c. 95; 2020, c. 739.
VA Code § 54.1-3411.2:1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3411.2:1. Guidelines for disposal of unused drugs

A. The Board of Pharmacy shall develop guidelines for the provision of counseling and information regarding proper disposal of unused dispensed drugs, including information about pharmacy drug disposal programs in which the pharmacy participates pursuant to § 54.1-3411.2, by pharmacists to patients for whom a prescription is dispensed.B. The Board of Pharmacy shall determine methods to enhance public awareness of proper drug disposal methods, which may include requirements for pharmacies or hospitals or clinics with an on-site pharmacy to provide such information to customers and the public through the provision of informative pamphlets, the posting of signs in public areas of the pharmacy, and the posting of information on public-facing websites.2017, c. 114; 2020, c. 614.
VA Code § 54.1-3412 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3412. Date of dispensing; initials of pharmacist; automated data processing system

Pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Board, the pharmacist dispensing any prescription shall record the date of dispensing and his initials on the prescription in (i) an automated data processing system used for the storage and retrieval of dispensing information for prescriptions or (ii) on another record that is accurate from which dispensing information is retrievable and in which the original prescription and any information maintained in such data processing system concerning such prescription can be found.1970, c. 650, § 54-524.69; 1979, c. 388; 1987, c. 198; 1988, c. 765; 2002, c. 411.
VA Code § 54.1-3413 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3413. Manufacturing and administering Schedule I drugs

It shall be lawful for a person to manufacture, and for a practitioner to administer, Schedule I drugs if:1. The manufacturer and practitioner are expressly authorized to engage in such activities by the Attorney General of the United States, or pursuant to the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act;2. The manufacturer or dispenser is registered under all appropriate provisions of this chapter;3. Any Schedule I drug so manufactured is sold or furnished on an official written order to a practitioner or other authorized person only; and4. The manufacturer and practitioner comply with all other requirements of this chapter.1970, c. 650, § 54-524.58:1; 1972, c. 798; 1988, c. 765.
VA Code § 54.1-3414 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3414. Official orders for Schedule II drugs

An official written order for any Schedule II drug shall be signed by the purchasing licensee or by his agent. The original shall be presented to the person who supplies the drug or drugs. If such person accepts the order, each party to the transaction shall preserve his copy of the order for two years in such a way as to be readily accessible for inspection by any public officer or employee engaged in the enforcement of this chapter. It shall be deemed a compliance with this section if the parties to the transaction have complied with the federal laws respecting the requirements governing the use of order forms. Parties ordering Schedule II drugs electronically shall comply with all requirements of federal law and regulation governing such transactions.Code 1950, § 54-493; 1970, c. 650, § 54-524.60; 1988, c. 765; 2006, c. 346.
VA Code § 54.1-3415 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3415. Distribution of drugs in Schedules II through VI by manufacturers and wholesalers

A. A permitted manufacturer or wholesaler may distribute Schedule II drugs to any of the following persons, but only on official written orders or pursuant to an electronic order in compliance with federal laws and regulations governing the electronic ordering of Schedule II drugs:1. To a manufacturer or wholesaler who has been issued permits pursuant to this chapter;2. To a licensed pharmacist, permitted pharmacy or a licensed practitioner of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, dentistry or veterinary medicine;3. To a person who has been issued a controlled substance registration certificate pursuant to § 54.1-3422, if the certificate of such person authorizes such purchase;4. On a special written order accompanied by a certificate of exemption, as required by the federal laws, to a person in the employ of the United States government or of any state, territorial, district, county, municipal, or insular government, purchasing, receiving or possessing drugs by reason of his official duties;5. To a master of a ship or a person in charge of any aircraft upon which no physician is regularly employed, for the actual medical needs of persons on board such ship or aircraft when not in port. However, such drugs shall be sold to a master of such ship or person in charge of such aircraft pursuant to a special order form approved by a commissioned medical officer or acting assistant surgeon of the United States Public Health Service; and6. To a person in a foreign country in compliance with the provisions of the relevant federal laws.B. A permitted manufacturer or wholesaler may distribute drugs classified in Schedule III through Schedule VI and devices to all persons listed in subsection A of this section without an official written order. However, this section shall not be construed to prohibit the distribution of a Schedule VI drug or device to any person who is otherwise authorized by law to administer, prescribe or dispense such drug or device.Code 1950, § 54-492; 1970, c. 650; 1972, c. 798, § 54-524.59; 1977, c. 302; 1978, c. 833; 1988, c. 765; 1998, c. 490; 2006, c. 346.
VA Code § 54.1-3415.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3415.1. Delivery of medical devices on behalf of a medical equipment supplier

A. A permitted manufacturer, wholesale distributor, warehouser, nonresident warehouser, third-party logistics provider, or nonresident third-party logistics provider or registered nonresident manufacturer or nonresident wholesale distributor may deliver Schedule VI prescription devices directly to an ultimate user or consumer on behalf of a medical equipment supplier, provided that (i) such delivery occurs at the direction of a medical equipment supplier that has received a valid order from a prescriber authorizing the dispensing of such prescription device to the ultimate user or consumer and (ii) the manufacturer, nonresident manufacturer, wholesale distributor, nonresident wholesale distributor, warehouser, nonresident warehouser, third-party logistics provider, or nonresident third-party logistics provider has entered into an agreement with the medical equipment supplier for such delivery.B. A permitted manufacturer, wholesale distributor, warehouser, nonresident warehouser, third-party logistics provider, or nonresident third-party logistics provider, or registered nonresident manufacturer or nonresident wholesale distributor may deliver Schedule VI prescription devices directly to an ultimate user's or consumer's residence to be administered by persons authorized to administer such devices, provided that (i) such delivery is made on behalf of a medical director of a home health agency, nursing home, assisted living facility, or hospice who has requested the distribution of the Schedule VI prescription device and directs the delivery of such device to the ultimate user's or consumer's residence and (ii) the medical director on whose behalf such Schedule VI prescription device is being delivered has entered into an agreement with the manufacturer, nonresident manufacturer, wholesale distributor, nonresident wholesale distributor, warehouser, nonresident warehouser, third-party logistics provider, or nonresident third-party logistics provider for such delivery.2018, cc. 241, 242.
VA Code § 54.1-3416 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3416. No prescription for preparations listed pursuant to Schedule V

A preparation listed pursuant to Schedule V may be dispensed without a prescription if:1. The preparation is dispensed only by a pharmacist directly to the person requesting the preparation;2. The preparation is dispensed only to a person who is at least eighteen years of age;3. The pharmacist requires the person requesting the preparation to furnish suitable identification including proof of age when appropriate;4. The pharmacist does not dispense to any one person, or for the use of any one person or animal, any narcotic drug preparation or preparations, when he knows, or can by reasonable diligence ascertain, that such dispensing will provide the person to whom or for whose use, or the owner of the animal for the use of which, such preparation is dispensed, within 48 consecutive hours, with more than 200 milligrams of opium, or more than 270 milligrams of codeine, or more than 130 milligrams of dihydrocodeinone, or more than 65 milligrams of ethylmorphine, or more than 32 5/10 milligrams of diphenoxylate. In dispensing such a narcotic drug preparation, the pharmacist shall exercise professional discretion to ensure that the preparation is being dispensed for medical purposes only.Any pharmacist shall, at the time of dispensing, make and keep a record showing the date of dispensing, the name and quantity of the preparation, the name and address of the person to whom the preparation is dispensed, and enter his initials thereon. Such records shall be maintained as set forth in § 54.1-3404 and the regulations of the Board.1970, c. 650, § 54-524.75; 1972, c. 798; 1988, c. 765.
VA Code § 54.1-3417 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3417. Disposing of stocks of Schedules II through V drugs

The owner of any stocks of drugs included in Schedules II through V obtained in compliance with this chapter, upon discontinuance of dealing in such drugs, may dispose of such stocks only on an official written order as follows:1. A pharmacy or practitioner or an agent or agents of a pharmacy or practitioner under specific written authorization from the owner of such pharmacy or such practitioner, may dispose of such stocks to a manufacturer or wholesaler holding a valid license to deal in such drugs, or to another pharmacy or practitioner.2. A manufacturer or wholesaler may dispose of such stocks only to a manufacturer or wholesaler holding a valid permit to deal in such drugs.1970, c. 650, § 54-524.61; 1976, c. 406; 1988, c. 765.
VA Code § 54.1-3418 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3418. Sale of aqueous or oleaginous solutions

A pharmacist, only upon an official written order, may sell to a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, in quantities not exceeding one ounce at any one time, aqueous or oleaginous solutions compounded by the pharmacist, of which the content of narcotic drugs does not exceed a proportion greater than twenty percent of the complete solution, to be used for medical purposes.Code 1950, § 54-496; 1956, c. 225; 1970, c. 650, § 54-524.62; 1988, c. 765.
VA Code § 54.1-3419 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3419. Dispensing of insulin preparations

Any insulin preparation shall be dispensed only by or under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist.1984, c. 723, § 54-524.67:3; 1988, c. 765.
VA Code § 54.1-3420 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 34 - Drug Control Act|§ 54.1-3420. Distribution of certain drugs; written request or confirmation of receipt

No manufacturer or distributor of controlled substances shall distribute or dispense any substance listed on Schedules II through V to any person, whether a practitioner of the healing arts or some other profession, except with the written request or confirmation of receipt of the practitioner. Such request or confirmation shall be maintained as required by this chapter.Subject to the foregoing provisions, no person shall be prohibited from distributing controlled substances listed on Schedules II through V for charitable uses or for use in research or investigations.1984, c. 724, § 54-524.58:2; 1988, c. 765.