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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 614 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. Unfortunately, the 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1980, chapter 288; in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62965,"section_number":"54.1-2926","catch_line":"Powers of Board with respect to practitioners licensed to practice pharmacy","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2926\/"},{"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\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":243121,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58623,"identifier":"54.1-3304","token":"54.1\/III\/33\/1\/54.1-3304","url":"\/54.1-3304\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3304\/","token":"54.1\/III\/33\/1\/54.1-3304","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licensing of physicians to dispense drugs; renewals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3304","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For good cause shown, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may grant a license to any physician licensed under the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of Virginia authorizing such physician to <span class=\"dictionary\">dispense<\/span> drugs to persons to whom a pharmaceutical service is not reasonably available. 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Any physician or osteopath so licensed shall be\ngoverned by the regulations of the Board of Pharmacy when applicable.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 614, \u00a7 54-524.34:1; 1980, c. 288; 1988, c. 765.","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}}