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§ 54.1-3420.3 Prohibition on refusing to fill prescription from telemedicine provider

A. A pharmacy shall not implement or enforce a policy that prevents a pharmacist from dispensing a prescription solely on the basis of the prescriber’s use of a telemedicine platform to provide services.

B. A pharmacist shall not prioritize dispensing a prescription from a prescriber who does not use telemedicine over dispensing a prescription from a prescriber who does use telemedicine solely on the basis of the prescriber’s use of a telemedicine platform to provide services.

History

This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 368 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2023, c. 368.

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