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A pharmacy or retail distributor shall report information in the written log or electronic system to law-enforcement personnel upon request, and any pharmacy or retail distributor that in good faith releases such information to federal, state, or local law-enforcement officers, or to any person acting on behalf of such officers, shall be immune from civil liability for the release unless the release constitutes gross negligence or intentional, wanton, or willful misconduct.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":205653,"text":"A pharmacy or retail distributor that sells any product containing ephedrine or related compounds shall not use or disclose the information in the system or a written log for any purpose other than (i) to ensure compliance with this article or the federal Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005, (ii) to comply with the United States government or a political subdivision thereof for law-enforcement purposes pursuant to state or federal law, or (iii) to facilitate a product recall necessary to protect public health and safety. 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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 160<\/a> and 252<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":166777,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56113,"identifier":"18.2-265.15","token":"18.2\/7\/1.2\/18.2-265.15","url":"\/18.2-265.15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-265.15\/","token":"18.2\/7\/1.2\/18.2-265.15","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibition on disclosure of information by pharmacy or retail distributor; civil immunity","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-265.15","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A pharmacy<\/span> or retail distributor<\/span> that sells any product containing ephedrine or related compounds<\/span> shall not use or disclose the information in the system or a written log for any purpose other than (i) to ensure compliance with this article or the federal Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005, (ii) to comply with the United States government or a political subdivision thereof for law<\/span>-enforcement purposes pursuant to state or federal law<\/span>, or (iii) to facilitate a product recall necessary to protect public health and safety. A pharmacy<\/span> or retail distributor<\/span> shall report information in the written log or electronic system<\/span> to law<\/span>-enforcement personnel upon request, and any pharmacy<\/span> or retail distributor<\/span> that in good faith releases such information to federal, state, or local law<\/span>-enforcement officers, or to any person acting on behalf of such officers, shall be immune from civil liability for the release unless the release constitutes gross negligence<\/span> or intentional, wanton, or willful misconduct.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITION ON DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY PHARMACY OR RETAIL DISTRIBUTOR;\nCIVIL IMMUNITY (\u00a7 18.2-265.15)\n\nA pharmacy or retail distributor that sells any product containing ephedrine or\nrelated compounds shall not use or disclose the information in the system or a\nwritten log for any purpose other than (i) to ensure compliance with this\narticle or the federal Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005, (ii) to\ncomply with the United States government or a political subdivision thereof for\nlaw-enforcement purposes pursuant to state or federal law, or (iii) to\nfacilitate a product recall necessary to protect public health and safety. A\npharmacy or retail distributor shall report information in the written log or\nelectronic system to law-enforcement personnel upon request, and any pharmacy or\nretail distributor that in good faith releases such information to federal,\nstate, or local law-enforcement officers, or to any person acting on behalf of\nsuch officers, shall be immune from civil liability for the release unless the\nrelease constitutes gross negligence or intentional, wanton, or willful\nmisconduct.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 160, 252.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}