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Any practitioner who prescribes, dispenses or administers an excess dosage in accordance with this section and &#xA7; 54.1-3408.1 shall not be in violation of the provisions of this title because of such excess dosage, if such excess dosage is prescribed, dispensed or administered in good faith for recognized medicinal or therapeutic purposes.B\n\nThe Board of Medicine shall advise physicians of the provisions of this section and &#xA7; 54.1-3408.1.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":211710,"text":"Consistent with &#xA7; 54.1-3408.1, a physician may prescribe a dosage of a pain-relieving agent in excess of the recommended dosage upon certifying the medical necessity for the excess dosage in the patient&#8217;s medical record. Any practitioner who prescribes, dispenses or administers an excess dosage in accordance with this section and &#xA7; 54.1-3408.1 shall not be in violation of the provisions of this title because of such excess dosage, if such excess dosage is prescribed, dispensed or administered in good faith for recognized medicinal or therapeutic purposes.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":211711,"text":"The Board of Medicine shall advise physicians of the provisions of this section and &#xA7; 54.1-3408.1.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":12760,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Standards of Practice","identifier":"6","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12759,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":242459,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12760,"identifier":"6","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/6","url":"\/54.1\/III\/29\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12759,"edition_id":1,"name":"Medicine and Other Healing Arts","identifier":"29","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12758,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":241933,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12759,"identifier":"29","token":"54.1\/III\/29","url":"\/54.1\/III\/29\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12758,"edition_id":1,"name":"Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12754,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":241105,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12758,"identifier":"III","token":"54.1\/III","url":"\/54.1\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12754,"edition_id":1,"name":"Professions and Occupations","identifier":"54.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":239313,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12754,"identifier":"54.1","token":"54.1","url":"\/54.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":57243,"structure_id":12760,"section_number":"54.1-2962","catch_line":"Division of fees among physicians prohibited","url":"\/54.1-2962\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/6\/54.1-2962","metadata":false},{"id":61370,"structure_id":12760,"section_number":"54.1-2962.01","catch_line":"Anatomic pathology services; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0277\">277<\/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":74649,"section_number":"38.2-3407.6:1","catch_line":"Denial of benefits for certain prescription drugs prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3407.6_1\/"},{"id":56308,"section_number":"54.1-2982","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2982\/"},{"id":73897,"section_number":"8.01-622.1","catch_line":"Injunction against assisted suicide; damages; professional sanctions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-622.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":82403,"section_number":"54.1-3408.1","catch_line":"Prescription in excess of recommended dosage in certain cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3408.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":242529,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57814,"identifier":"54.1-2971.01","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/6\/54.1-2971.01","url":"\/54.1-2971.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2971.01\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/6\/54.1-2971.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prescription in excess of recommended dosage in certain cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2971.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Consistent with &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Prescription in excess of recommended dosage in certain cases\" href=\"\/54.1-3408.1\/\">54.1-3408.1<\/a>, a physician may prescribe a dosage of a pain-relieving agent in excess of the recommended dosage upon certifying the medical necessity for the excess dosage in the patient&#8217;s medical record. Any practitioner who prescribes, dispenses or administers an excess dosage in accordance with this section and &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Prescription in excess of recommended dosage in certain cases\" href=\"\/54.1-3408.1\/\">54.1-3408.1<\/a> shall not be in violation of the provisions of this title because of such excess dosage, if such excess dosage is prescribed, dispensed or administered in good faith for recognized medicinal or therapeutic purposes. <a id=\"paragraph-211710\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2971.01\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> of Medicine shall advise physicians of the provisions of this section and &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Prescription in excess of recommended dosage in certain cases\" href=\"\/54.1-3408.1\/\">54.1-3408.1<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-211711\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2971.01\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRESCRIPTION IN EXCESS OF RECOMMENDED DOSAGE IN CERTAIN CASES (\u00a7 54.1-2971.01)\n\nA. Consistent with &#xA7; 54.1-3408.1, a physician may prescribe a dosage of a\npain-relieving agent in excess of the recommended dosage upon certifying the\nmedical necessity for the excess dosage in the patient&#8217;s medical record.\nAny practitioner who prescribes, dispenses or administers an excess dosage in\naccordance with this section and &#xA7; 54.1-3408.1 shall not be in violation of\nthe provisions of this title because of such excess dosage, if such excess\ndosage is prescribed, dispensed or administered in good faith for recognized\nmedicinal or therapeutic purposes.\n\nB. The Board of Medicine shall advise physicians of the provisions of this\nsection and &#xA7; 54.1-3408.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 277.","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}}