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I, c. 214; 2023, c. 183; 2024, c. 214.","full_text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the Board of Pharmacy.\n\t\t“Collaborative agreement” means a voluntary, written, or electronic arrangement between one pharmacist and his designated alternate pharmacists involved directly in patient care at a single physical location where patients receive services and (i) any person licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry together with any person licensed, registered, or certified by a health regulatory board of the Department of Health Professions who provides health care services to patients of such person licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; (ii) a physician’s office as defined in \u00a7 32.1-276.3, provided that such collaborative agreement is signed by each physician participating in the collaborative agreement; (iii) any licensed physician assistant working under the supervision of a person licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; or (iv) any licensed advanced practice registered nurse working in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 54.1-2957, involved directly in patient care which authorizes cooperative procedures with respect to patients of such practitioners. Collaborative procedures shall be related to treatment using drug therapy, laboratory tests, or medical devices, under defined conditions or limitations, for the purpose of improving patient outcomes. A collaborative agreement is not required for the management of patients of an inpatient facility.\n\t\t“Dispense” means to deliver a drug to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing and administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for delivery.\n\t\t“On-hold prescription” means a valid prescription that is received and maintained by the pharmacy for initial dispensing on a future date.\n\t\t“Pharmacist” means a person holding a license issued by the Board to practice pharmacy.\n\t\t“Pharmacy” means every establishment or institution in which drugs, medicines, or medicinal chemicals are dispensed or offered for sale, or a sign is displayed bearing the word or words “pharmacist,” “pharmacy,” “apothecary,” “drugstore,” “druggist,” “drugs,” “medicine store,” “drug sundries,” “prescriptions filled,” or any similar words intended to indicate that the practice of pharmacy is being conducted.\n\t\t“Pharmacy intern” means a student currently enrolled in or a graduate of an approved school of pharmacy who is registered with the Board for the purpose of gaining the practical experience required to apply for licensure as a pharmacist.\n\t\t“Pharmacy technician” means a person registered with the Board to assist a pharmacist under the pharmacist’s supervision.\n\t\t“Pharmacy technician trainee” means a person registered with the Board for the purpose of performing duties restricted to a pharmacy technician as part of a pharmacy technician training program in accordance with the provisions of subsection G of \u00a7 54.1-3321.\n\t\t“Practice of pharmacy” means the personal health service that is concerned with the art and science of selecting, procuring, recommending, administering, preparing, compounding, packaging, and dispensing of drugs, medicines, and devices used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease, whether compounded or dispensed on a prescription or otherwise legally dispensed or distributed, and shall include (i) the proper and safe storage and distribution of drugs; (ii) the maintenance of proper records; (iii) the responsibility of providing information concerning drugs and medicines and their therapeutic values and uses in the treatment and prevention of disease; (iv) the management of patient care under the terms of a collaborative agreement as defined in this section; and (v) the initiating of treatment with or dispensing or administering of certain drugs, devices, or controlled paraphernalia in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 54.1-3303.1.\n\t\t“Supervision” means the direction and control by a pharmacist of the activities of a pharmacy intern or a pharmacy technician whereby the supervising pharmacist is physically present in the pharmacy or in the facility in which the pharmacy is located when the intern or technician is performing duties restricted to a pharmacy intern or technician, respectively, and is available for immediate oral communication.\n\t\tOther terms used in the context of this chapter shall be defined as provided in Chapter 34 (\u00a7 54.1-3400 et seq.) unless the context requires a different meaning.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":259670,"text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the Board of Pharmacy.\n\t\t“Collaborative agreement” means a voluntary, written, or electronic arrangement between one pharmacist and his designated alternate pharmacists involved directly in patient care at a single physical location where patients receive services and (i) any person licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry together with any person licensed, registered, or certified by a health regulatory board of the Department of Health Professions who provides health care services to patients of such person licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; (ii) a physician’s office as defined in \u00a7 32.1-276.3, provided that such collaborative agreement is signed by each physician participating in the collaborative agreement; (iii) any licensed physician assistant working under the supervision of a person licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; or (iv) any licensed advanced practice registered nurse working in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 54.1-2957, involved directly in patient care which authorizes cooperative procedures with respect to patients of such practitioners. Collaborative procedures shall be related to treatment using drug therapy, laboratory tests, or medical devices, under defined conditions or limitations, for the purpose of improving patient outcomes. 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(ii) the maintenance of proper records; (iii) the responsibility of providing information concerning drugs and medicines and their therapeutic values and uses in the treatment and prevention of disease; (iv) the management of patient care under the terms of a collaborative agreement as defined in this section; and (v) the initiating of treatment with or dispensing or administering of certain drugs, devices, or controlled paraphernalia in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 54.1-3303.1.\n\t\t“Supervision” means the direction and control by a pharmacist of the activities of a pharmacy intern or a pharmacy technician whereby the supervising pharmacist is physically present in the pharmacy or in the facility in which the pharmacy is located when the intern or technician is performing duties restricted to a pharmacy intern or technician, respectively, and is available for immediate oral communication.\n\t\tOther terms used in the context of this chapter shall be defined as provided in Chapter 34 (\u00a7 54.1-3400 et seq.) unless the context requires a different meaning.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14382,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13496,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:57","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:57","permalink":{"id":243095,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14382,"identifier":"1","token":"54.1\/III\/33\/1","url":"\/54.1\/III\/33\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13496,"edition_id":1,"name":"Pharmacy","identifier":"33","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12758,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:04","permalink":{"id":243093,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13496,"identifier":"33","token":"54.1\/III\/33","url":"\/54.1\/III\/33\/","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":72064,"structure_id":14382,"section_number":"54.1-3300","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/54.1-3300\/","token":"54.1\/III\/33\/1\/54.1-3300","metadata":false},{"id":77902,"structure_id":14382,"section_number":"54.1-3300.1","catch_line":"Participation in collaborative agreements; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 21 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 1952, chapter 451; in 1958, chapter 551; in 1966, chapter 193; in 1968, chapter 582; in 1970, chapter 650; in 1972, chapter 798; in 1975, chapter 425; in 1976, chapter 14; in 1977, chapter 193; in 1978, chapter 833; in 1979, chapter 435; in 1980, chapter 150; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1999, chapters 895<\/a> and 1011<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 317<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 411<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 192<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 776<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 102<\/a>, 237<\/a>, and 731<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 183<\/a>; in 2024, chapter 214<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59050,"section_number":"18.2-265.19","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-265.19\/"},{"id":66861,"section_number":"18.2-265.6","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-265.6\/"},{"id":77747,"section_number":"32.1-325","catch_line":"Board to submit plan for medical assistance services to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to federal law; administration of plan; contracts with health care providers","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-325\/"},{"id":87046,"section_number":"38.2-3408","catch_line":"Policy providing for reimbursement for services that may be performed by certain practitioners other than physicians","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3408\/"},{"id":74708,"section_number":"38.2-4221","catch_line":"Services of certain practitioners other than physicians to be covered","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4221\/"},{"id":58467,"section_number":"4.1-1600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-1600\/"},{"id":70411,"section_number":"54.1-2914","catch_line":"Sale of controlled substances and medical devices or appliances; requirements for vision care services","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2914\/"},{"id":70057,"section_number":"54.1-2952.1","catch_line":"Prescription of certain controlled substances and devices by licensed physician assistants","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2952.1\/"},{"id":71447,"section_number":"54.1-2957.01","catch_line":"Prescription of certain controlled substances and devices by licensed advanced practice registered nurses","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2957.01\/"},{"id":65541,"section_number":"54.1-2957.9","catch_line":"Regulation of the practice of midwifery","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2957.9\/"},{"id":70469,"section_number":"54.1-3307.2","catch_line":"Approval of innovative programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3307.2\/"},{"id":55249,"section_number":"54.1-3320","catch_line":"Acts restricted to pharmacists","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3320\/"},{"id":59669,"section_number":"54.1-3401","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3401\/"},{"id":84268,"section_number":"54.1-3410.2","catch_line":"Compounding; pharmacists' authority to compound under certain conditions; labeling and record maintenance requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3410.2\/"},{"id":69203,"section_number":"54.1-3435.2","catch_line":"Permit to act as medical equipment supplier; storage; limitation; regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3435.2\/"},{"id":78752,"section_number":"54.1-3435.4","catch_line":"Permit to act as warehouser; regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3435.4\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67276,"section_number":"32.1-276.3","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-276.3\/"},{"id":64164,"section_number":"54.1-2957","catch_line":"Licensure and practice of advanced practice registered nurses; certified nurse midwives; independent practice of certified nurse midwives","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2957\/"},{"id":86967,"section_number":"54.1-3303.1","catch_line":"Initiating of treatment with and dispensing and administering of controlled substances by pharmacists","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3303.1\/"},{"id":67267,"section_number":"54.1-3321","catch_line":"Registration of pharmacy technicians","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3321\/"},{"id":77846,"section_number":"54.1-3400","catch_line":"Citation","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":243097,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72064,"identifier":"54.1-3300","token":"54.1\/III\/33\/1\/54.1-3300","url":"\/54.1-3300\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3300\/","token":"54.1\/III\/33\/1\/54.1-3300","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3300","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board<\/span>” means the Board<\/span> of Pharmacy.\n\t\t“Collaborative agreement<\/span>” means a voluntary, written, or electronic arrangement between one pharmacist<\/span> and his designated alternate pharmacists<\/span> involved directly in patient care at a single physical location where patients receive services and (i) any person licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry together with any person licensed, registered, or certified by a health regulatory board<\/span> of the Department of Health Professions who provides health care services to patients of such person licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; (ii) a physician’s office as defined in \u00a7 32.1-276.3<\/a>, provided that such collaborative agreement<\/span> is signed by each physician participating in the collaborative agreement<\/span>; (iii) any licensed physician assistant working under the supervision<\/span> of a person licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; or (iv) any licensed advanced practice registered nurse working in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 54.1-2957<\/a>, involved directly in patient care which authorizes cooperative procedures with respect to patients of such practitioners. Collaborative procedures shall be related to treatment using drug therapy, laboratory tests, or medical devices, under defined conditions or limitations, for the purpose of improving patient outcomes. A collaborative agreement<\/span> is not required for the management of patients of an inpatient facility.\n\t\t“Dispense<\/span>” means to deliver a drug to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order<\/span> of a practitioner, including the prescribing and administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for delivery.\n\t\t“On-hold prescription<\/span>” means a valid prescription that is received and maintained by the pharmacy for initial dispensing on a future date.\n\t\t“Pharmacist<\/span>” means a person holding a license issued by the Board<\/span> to practice pharmacy.\n\t\t“Pharmacy” means every establishment or institution in which drugs, medicines, or medicinal chemicals are dispensed or offered for sale, or a sign is displayed bearing the word or words “pharmacist<\/span>,” “pharmacy,” “apothecary,” “drugstore,” “druggist,” “drugs,” “medicine store,” “drug sundries,” “prescriptions filled,” or any similar words intended to indicate that the practice of pharmacy<\/span> is being conducted.\n\t\t“Pharmacy intern<\/span>” means a student currently enrolled in or a graduate of an approved school of pharmacy who is registered with the Board<\/span> for the purpose of gaining the practical experience required to apply for licensure as a pharmacist<\/span>.\n\t\t“Pharmacy technician” means a person registered with the Board<\/span> to assist a pharmacist<\/span> under the pharmacist<\/span>’s supervision<\/span>.\n\t\t“Pharmacy technician trainee<\/span>” means a person registered with the Board<\/span> for the purpose of performing duties restricted to a pharmacy technician as part of a pharmacy technician training program in accordance with the provisions of subsection G of \u00a7 54.1-3321<\/a>.\n\t\t“Practice of pharmacy<\/span>” means the personal health service that is concerned with the art and science of selecting, procuring, recommending, administering, preparing, compounding, packaging, and dispensing of drugs, medicines, and devices used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease, whether compounded or dispensed on a prescription or otherwise legally dispensed or distributed, and shall include (i) the proper and safe storage and distribution of drugs; (ii) the maintenance of proper records; (iii) the responsibility of providing information concerning drugs and medicines and their therapeutic values and uses in the treatment and prevention of disease; (iv) the management of patient care under the terms of a collaborative agreement<\/span> as defined in this section; and (v) the initiating of treatment with or dispensing or administering of certain drugs, devices, or controlled paraphernalia in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 54.1-3303.1<\/a>.\n\t\t“Supervision<\/span>” means the direction and control by a pharmacist<\/span> of the activities of a pharmacy intern<\/span> or a pharmacy technician whereby the supervising pharmacist<\/span> is physically present in the pharmacy or in the facility in which the pharmacy is located when the intern or technician is performing duties restricted to a pharmacy intern<\/span> or technician, respectively, and is available for immediate oral communication.\n\t\tOther terms used in the context of this chapter shall be defined as provided in Chapter 34 (\u00a7 54.1-3400<\/a> et seq.) unless the context requires a different meaning.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 54.1-3300)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the Board of Pharmacy.\n\t\t“Collaborative agreement” means a voluntary, written, or\nelectronic arrangement between one pharmacist and his designated alternate\npharmacists involved directly in patient care at a single physical location\nwhere patients receive services and (i) any person licensed to practice\nmedicine, osteopathy, or podiatry together with any person licensed, registered,\nor certified by a health regulatory board of the Department of Health\nProfessions who provides health care services to patients of such person\nlicensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; (ii) a physician’s\noffice as defined in \u00a7 32.1-276.3, provided that such collaborative agreement\nis signed by each physician participating in the collaborative agreement; (iii)\nany licensed physician assistant working under the supervision of a person\nlicensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; or (iv) any licensed\nadvanced practice registered nurse working in accordance with the provisions of\n\u00a7 54.1-2957, involved directly in patient care which authorizes cooperative\nprocedures with respect to patients of such practitioners. Collaborative\nprocedures shall be related to treatment using drug therapy, laboratory tests,\nor medical devices, under defined conditions or limitations, for the purpose of\nimproving patient outcomes. A collaborative agreement is not required for the\nmanagement of patients of an inpatient facility.\n\t\t“Dispense” means to deliver a drug to an ultimate user or research\nsubject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the\nprescribing and administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to\nprepare the substance for delivery.\n\t\t“On-hold prescription” means a valid prescription that is received\nand maintained by the pharmacy for initial dispensing on a future date.\n\t\t“Pharmacist” means a person holding a license issued by the Board\nto practice pharmacy.\n\t\t“Pharmacy” means every establishment or institution in which\ndrugs, medicines, or medicinal chemicals are dispensed or offered for sale, or a\nsign is displayed bearing the word or words “pharmacist,”\n“pharmacy,” “apothecary,” “drugstore,”\n“druggist,” “drugs,” “medicine store,”\n“drug sundries,” “prescriptions filled,” or any similar\nwords intended to indicate that the practice of pharmacy is being conducted.\n\t\t“Pharmacy intern” means a student currently enrolled in or a\ngraduate of an approved school of pharmacy who is registered with the Board for\nthe purpose of gaining the practical experience required to apply for licensure\nas a pharmacist.\n\t\t“Pharmacy technician” means a person registered with the Board to\nassist a pharmacist under the pharmacist’s supervision.\n\t\t“Pharmacy technician trainee” means a person registered with the\nBoard for the purpose of performing duties restricted to a pharmacy technician\nas part of a pharmacy technician training program in accordance with the\nprovisions of subsection G of \u00a7 54.1-3321.\n\t\t“Practice of pharmacy” means the personal health service that is\nconcerned with the art and science of selecting, procuring, recommending,\nadministering, preparing, compounding, packaging, and dispensing of drugs,\nmedicines, and devices used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of\ndisease, whether compounded or dispensed on a prescription or otherwise legally\ndispensed or distributed, and shall include (i) the proper and safe storage and\ndistribution of drugs; (ii) the maintenance of proper records; (iii) the\nresponsibility of providing information concerning drugs and medicines and their\ntherapeutic values and uses in the treatment and prevention of disease; (iv) the\nmanagement of patient care under the terms of a collaborative agreement as\ndefined in this section; and (v) the initiating of treatment with or dispensing\nor administering of certain drugs, devices, or controlled paraphernalia in\naccordance with the provisions of \u00a7 54.1-3303.1.\n\t\t“Supervision” means the direction and control by a pharmacist of\nthe activities of a pharmacy intern or a pharmacy technician whereby the\nsupervising pharmacist is physically present in the pharmacy or in the facility\nin which the pharmacy is located when the intern or technician is performing\nduties restricted to a pharmacy intern or technician, respectively, and is\navailable for immediate oral communication.\n\t\tOther terms used in the context of this chapter shall be defined as provided\nin Chapter 34 (\u00a7 54.1-3400 et seq.) unless the context requires a different\nmeaning.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 54-399, 54-487; 1952, c. 451; 1958, c. 551, \u00a7\n54-524.2; 1966, c. 193; 1968, c. 582; 1970, c. 650; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 94;\n1972, c. 798; 1975, c. 425; 1976, c. 14; 1977, c. 193; 1978, c. 833; 1979, c.\n435; 1980, c. 150; 1988, c. 765; 1999, cc. 895, 1011; 2001, c. 317; 2002, c.\n411; 2013, c. 192; 2018, c. 776; 2020, cc. 102, 237, 731; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n214; 2023, c. 183; 2024, c. 214.","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}}