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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":[{"id":72064,"section_number":"54.1-3300","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":166793,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66861,"identifier":"18.2-265.6","token":"18.2\/7\/1.2\/18.2-265.6","url":"\/18.2-265.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-265.6\/","token":"18.2\/7\/1.2\/18.2-265.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-265.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of State Police.\n\t\t“Ephedrine or related compounds<\/span>” means ephedrine and pseudoephedrine base or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers.\n\t\t“Pharmacy<\/span>” means any establishment or institution from which drugs, medicines, or medicinal chemicals are dispensed or offered for sale or on which a sign is displayed bearing the words “apothecary,” “druggist,” “drugs,” “drug store,” “drug sundries,” “medicine store,” “pharmacist,” “pharmacy<\/span>,” or “prescriptions filled<\/span>” or any similar words intended to indicate that the practice of pharmacy<\/span> is being conducted pursuant to a license issued under Chapter 33 (\u00a7 54.1-3300<\/a> et seq.) of Title 54.1.\n\t\t“Retail distributor<\/span>” means an entity licensed to conduct business in the Commonwealth that offers for sale to the public at a retail outlet any nonprescription compound, mixture, or preparation containing ephedrine or related compounds<\/span>.\n\t\t“System” or “electronic system<\/span>” means a real-time electronic recordkeeping and monitoring system for the sale of ephedrine or related compounds<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 18.2-265.6)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of State Police.\n\t\t“Ephedrine or related compounds” means ephedrine and\npseudoephedrine base or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers.\n\t\t“Pharmacy” means any establishment or institution from which\ndrugs, medicines, or medicinal chemicals are dispensed or offered for sale or on\nwhich a sign is displayed bearing the words “apothecary,”\n“druggist,” “drugs,” “drug store,”\n“drug sundries,” “medicine store,”\n“pharmacist,” “pharmacy,” or “prescriptions\nfilled” or any similar words intended to indicate that the practice of\npharmacy is being conducted pursuant to a license issued under Chapter 33 (\u00a7\n54.1-3300 et seq.) of Title 54.1.\n\t\t“Retail distributor” means an entity licensed to conduct business\nin the Commonwealth that offers for sale to the public at a retail outlet any\nnonprescription compound, mixture, or preparation containing ephedrine or\nrelated compounds.\n\t\t“System” or “electronic system” means a real-time\nelectronic recordkeeping and monitoring system for the sale of ephedrine or\nrelated compounds.\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}}