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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 668<\/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. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2018, chapter 95<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 739<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54733,"section_number":"32.1-162.2","catch_line":"Exemptions from article","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-162.2\/"},{"id":65473,"section_number":"54.1-3411.2","catch_line":"Prescription drug disposal programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3411.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":203285,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58481,"identifier":"32.1-162.5:1","token":"32.1\/5\/7\/32.1-162.5_1","url":"\/32.1-162.5_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-162.5_1\/","token":"32.1\/5\/7\/32.1-162.5_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice to dispenser of patient’s death; disposition of dispensed drugs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-162.5:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any hospice licensed by the Department<\/span> or exempt from licensure pursuant to § 32.1-162.2<\/a> with a hospice patient<\/span> residing at home at the time of death shall notify every pharmacy that has dispensed partial quantities of a Schedule II controlled substance for a patient with a medical diagnosis documenting a terminal illness, as authorized by federal law<\/span>, within 48 hours of the patient’s death. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any hospice licensed by the Department<\/span> or exempt from licensure pursuant to § 32.1-162.2<\/a> shall develop policies and procedures for the disposal of drugs, including opioids, dispensed as part of the hospice plan of care in accordance with the provisions of § 54.1-3411.2<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE TO DISPENSER OF PATIENT’S DEATH; DISPOSITION OF DISPENSED DRUGS (\u00a7\n32.1-162.5:1)\n\nA. Any hospice licensed by the Department or exempt from licensure pursuant to\n§ 32.1-162.2 with a hospice patient residing at home at the time of death\nshall notify every pharmacy that has dispensed partial quantities of a Schedule\nII controlled substance for a patient with a medical diagnosis documenting a\nterminal illness, as authorized by federal law, within 48 hours of the\npatient’s death.\n\nB. Any hospice licensed by the Department or exempt from licensure pursuant to\n§ 32.1-162.2 shall develop policies and procedures for the disposal of\ndrugs, including opioids, dispensed as part of the hospice plan of care in\naccordance with the provisions of § 54.1-3411.2.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 668; 2018, c. 95; 2020, c. 739.","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}}