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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":[{"id":69807,"section_number":"18.2-265.8","catch_line":"Real-time electronic recording of sales of ephedrine or related compounds; memorandum of understanding","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-265.8\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":166805,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59970,"identifier":"18.2-265.9","token":"18.2\/7\/1.2\/18.2-265.9","url":"\/18.2-265.9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-265.9\/","token":"18.2\/7\/1.2\/18.2-265.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Stop sales alerts; interruption of electronic system","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-265.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A pharmacy<\/span> or retail distributor<\/span> shall not complete the sale if the system<\/span> generates a stop sales alert unless the individual distributing the ephedrine or related compound has a reasonable fear of imminent bodily harm if the sale is not completed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In the event of a mechanical or electronic interruption of the system<\/span>, the pharmacy<\/span> or retail establishment shall maintain a written log of sales of ephedrine or related compounds<\/span> until the system<\/span> is restored. The information written in the log shall be transmitted to the system<\/span> as soon as practicable after the system<\/span> is restored. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTOP SALES ALERTS; INTERRUPTION OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEM (\u00a7 18.2-265.9)\n\nA. A pharmacy or retail distributor shall not complete the sale if the system\ngenerates a stop sales alert unless the individual distributing the ephedrine or\nrelated compound has a reasonable fear of imminent bodily harm if the sale is\nnot completed.\n\nB. In the event of a mechanical or electronic interruption of the system, the\npharmacy or retail establishment shall maintain a written log of sales of\nephedrine or related compounds until the system is restored. The information\nwritten in the log shall be transmitted to the system as soon as practicable\nafter the system is restored.\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}}