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However, agents designated by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police to conduct drug diversion investigations shall not copy and remove patient records unless such patient records are relevant to a specific investigation. Any agent designated by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police shall allow the person or carrier maintaining such records, or agent thereof, to examine any copies of records before their removal from the premises. If the agent designated by the Superintendent of State Police copies records on magnetic storage media, he will deliver a duplicate of the magnetic storage media on which the copies are stored to the person or carrier maintaining such records or an agent thereof, prior to removing the copies from the premises. If the original of any record is removed by any agent designated by the Superintendent of State Police, a receipt therefor shall be left with the person or carrier maintaining such records or an agent thereof, and a copy of the removed record shall be provided the person or carrier maintaining such records within a reasonable time thereafter.\n\t\tFor the purposes of verification of such records and of enforcement of this chapter, agents designated by the Board or by the Superintendent are authorized, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, to enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle in which any drug is held, manufactured, compounded, processed, sold, delivered, or otherwise disposed of; and to inspect, within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, such factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle, and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished material, containers and labeling, including records, files, papers, processes, controls, and facilities, bearing on violation of this chapter; and to inventory and obtain samples of any stock of any drugs.\n\t\tIf a sample of any drug is obtained, the agent making the inspection shall, upon completion of the inspection and before leaving the premises, give to the owner, operator, or agent in charge a receipt describing the sample. No inspection shall extend to financial data, sales data other than shipment data, pricing data, personnel data or research data.\n\t\tAny information obtained by a designated State Police agent during an inspection under this section which constitutes evidence of a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be reported to the Department of Health Professions upon its discovery.\n\t\tAny information obtained by an agent designated by the Board during an inspection under this section which constitutes evidence of a violation of Article 1 (\u00a7 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 shall be reported to the Department of State Police upon its discovery.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":204192,"text":"Every person required to prepare or obtain, and keep, records, and any carrier maintaining records with respect to any shipment containing any drug, and every person in charge or having custody of such records shall, upon request of an agent designated by the Board, permit such agent at reasonable times to have access to and copy such records.\n\t\tAny agent designated by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police to conduct drug diversion investigations shall, for the purpose of such investigations, also be permitted access at reasonable times to all such records relevant to a specific investigation and be allowed to inspect and copy such records. However, agents designated by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police to conduct drug diversion investigations shall not copy and remove patient records unless such patient records are relevant to a specific investigation. Any agent designated by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police shall allow the person or carrier maintaining such records, or agent thereof, to examine any copies of records before their removal from the premises. If the agent designated by the Superintendent of State Police copies records on magnetic storage media, he will deliver a duplicate of the magnetic storage media on which the copies are stored to the person or carrier maintaining such records or an agent thereof, prior to removing the copies from the premises. If the original of any record is removed by any agent designated by the Superintendent of State Police, a receipt therefor shall be left with the person or carrier maintaining such records or an agent thereof, and a copy of the removed record shall be provided the person or carrier maintaining such records within a reasonable time thereafter.\n\t\tFor the purposes of verification of such records and of enforcement of this chapter, agents designated by the Board or by the Superintendent are authorized, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, to enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle in which any drug is held, manufactured, compounded, processed, sold, delivered, or otherwise disposed of; and to inspect, within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, such factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle, and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished material, containers and labeling, including records, files, papers, processes, controls, and facilities, bearing on violation of this chapter; and to inventory and obtain samples of any stock of any drugs.\n\t\tIf a sample of any drug is obtained, the agent making the inspection shall, upon completion of the inspection and before leaving the premises, give to the owner, operator, or agent in charge a receipt describing the sample. No inspection shall extend to financial data, sales data other than shipment data, pricing data, personnel data or research data.\n\t\tAny information obtained by a designated State Police agent during an inspection under this section which constitutes evidence of a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be reported to the Department of Health Professions upon its discovery.\n\t\tAny information obtained by an agent designated by the Board during an inspection under this section which constitutes evidence of a violation of Article 1 (\u00a7 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 shall be reported to the Department of State Police upon its discovery.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13871,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13240,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:08","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:08","permalink":{"id":243225,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13871,"identifier":"1","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/1","url":"\/54.1\/III\/34\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13240,"edition_id":1,"name":"Drug Control Act","identifier":"34","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12758,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:30","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:30","permalink":{"id":243223,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13240,"identifier":"34","token":"54.1\/III\/34","url":"\/54.1\/III\/34\/","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":77846,"structure_id":13871,"section_number":"54.1-3400","catch_line":"Citation","url":"\/54.1-3400\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/1\/54.1-3400","metadata":false},{"id":59669,"structure_id":13871,"section_number":"54.1-3401","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/54.1-3401\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/1\/54.1-3401","metadata":false},{"id":73061,"structure_id":13871,"section_number":"54.1-3401.1","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/54.1-3401.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/1\/54.1-3401.1","metadata":false},{"id":67762,"structure_id":13871,"section_number":"54.1-3402","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/54.1-3402\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/1\/54.1-3402","metadata":false},{"id":66637,"structure_id":13871,"section_number":"54.1-3403","catch_line":"Chapter not applicable to economic poisons","url":"\/54.1-3403\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/1\/54.1-3403","metadata":false},{"id":64371,"structure_id":13871,"section_number":"54.1-3404","catch_line":"Inventories of controlled substances required of certain persons; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 650 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 1970 \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 1988, chapters 266 and 765; in 1992, chapters 743 and 808.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84070,"section_number":"18.2-247","catch_line":"Use of terms \"controlled substances,\" \"marijuana,\" \"Schedules I, II, III, IV, V, and VI,\" \"imitation controlled substance,\" and \"counterfeit controlled substance\" in Title 18.2","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-247\/"}],"permalink":{"id":243251,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55711,"identifier":"54.1-3405","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/1\/54.1-3405","url":"\/54.1-3405\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3405\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/1\/54.1-3405","dublin_core":{"Title":"Access to and copies of records; inspections","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3405","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> required to prepare or obtain, and keep, records, and any carrier maintaining records with respect to any shipment containing any <span class=\"dictionary\">drug<\/span>, and every <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> in charge or having <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> of such records shall, upon request of an <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> designated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, permit such <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> at reasonable times to have access to and copy such records.\n\t\tAny <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> designated by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police to conduct <span class=\"dictionary\">drug<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">diversion<\/span> investigations shall, for the purpose of such investigations, also be permitted access at reasonable times to all such records relevant to a specific investigation and be allowed to inspect and copy such records. However, <span class=\"dictionary\">agents<\/span> designated by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police to conduct <span class=\"dictionary\">drug<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">diversion<\/span> investigations shall not copy and remove patient records unless such patient records are relevant to a specific investigation. Any <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> designated by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police shall allow the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> or carrier maintaining such records, or <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> thereof, to examine any copies of records before their removal from the premises. If the <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> designated by the Superintendent of State Police copies records on magnetic storage media, he will <span class=\"dictionary\">deliver<\/span> a duplicate of the magnetic storage media on which the copies are stored to the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> or carrier maintaining such records or an <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> thereof, prior to removing the copies from the premises. If the original of any record is removed by any <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> designated by the Superintendent of State Police, a receipt therefor shall be left with the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> or carrier maintaining such records or an <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> thereof, and a copy of the removed record shall be provided the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> or carrier maintaining such records within a reasonable time thereafter.\n\t\tFor the purposes of verification of such records and of enforcement of this chapter, <span class=\"dictionary\">agents<\/span> designated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> or by the Superintendent are authorized, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> in charge, to enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle in which any <span class=\"dictionary\">drug<\/span> is held, manufactured, compounded, processed, sold, delivered, or otherwise disposed of; and to inspect, within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, such factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle, and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span>, containers and <span class=\"dictionary\">labeling<\/span>, including records, files, papers, processes, controls, and facilities, bearing on violation of this chapter; and to inventory and obtain samples of any stock of any <span class=\"dictionary\">drugs<\/span>.\n\t\tIf a sample of any <span class=\"dictionary\">drug<\/span> is obtained, the <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> making the inspection shall, upon completion of the inspection and before leaving the premises, give to the owner, operator, or <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> in charge a receipt describing the sample. No inspection shall extend to financial data, <span class=\"dictionary\">sales<\/span> data other than shipment data, pricing data, personnel data or research data.\n\t\tAny information obtained by a designated State Police <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> during an inspection under this section which constitutes <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> of a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be reported to the Department of Health Professions upon its <span class=\"dictionary\">discovery<\/span>.\n\t\tAny information obtained by an <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> designated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> during an inspection under this section which constitutes <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> of a violation of Article 1 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Use of terms &quot;controlled substances,&quot; &quot;marijuana,&quot; &quot;Schedules I, II, III, IV, V, and VI,&quot; &quot;imitation controlled substance,&quot; and &quot;counterfeit controlled substance&quot; in Title 18.2\" href=\"\/18.2-247\/\">18.2-247<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 shall be reported to the Department of State Police upon its <span class=\"dictionary\">discovery<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACCESS TO AND COPIES OF RECORDS; INSPECTIONS (\u00a7 54.1-3405)\n\nEvery person required to prepare or obtain, and keep, records, and any carrier\nmaintaining records with respect to any shipment containing any drug, and every\nperson in charge or having custody of such records shall, upon request of an\nagent designated by the Board, permit such agent at reasonable times to have\naccess to and copy such records.\n\t\tAny agent designated by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police\nto conduct drug diversion investigations shall, for the purpose of such\ninvestigations, also be permitted access at reasonable times to all such records\nrelevant to a specific investigation and be allowed to inspect and copy such\nrecords. However, agents designated by the Superintendent of the Department of\nState Police to conduct drug diversion investigations shall not copy and remove\npatient records unless such patient records are relevant to a specific\ninvestigation. Any agent designated by the Superintendent of the Department of\nState Police shall allow the person or carrier maintaining such records, or\nagent thereof, to examine any copies of records before their removal from the\npremises. If the agent designated by the Superintendent of State Police copies\nrecords on magnetic storage media, he will deliver a duplicate of the magnetic\nstorage media on which the copies are stored to the person or carrier\nmaintaining such records or an agent thereof, prior to removing the copies from\nthe premises. If the original of any record is removed by any agent designated\nby the Superintendent of State Police, a receipt therefor shall be left with the\nperson or carrier maintaining such records or an agent thereof, and a copy of\nthe removed record shall be provided the person or carrier maintaining such\nrecords within a reasonable time thereafter.\n\t\tFor the purposes of verification of such records and of enforcement of this\nchapter, agents designated by the Board or by the Superintendent are authorized,\nupon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in\ncharge, to enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse, establishment, or\nvehicle in which any drug is held, manufactured, compounded, processed, sold,\ndelivered, or otherwise disposed of; and to inspect, within reasonable limits\nand in a reasonable manner, such factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle,\nand all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished material, containers and\nlabeling, including records, files, papers, processes, controls, and facilities,\nbearing on violation of this chapter; and to inventory and obtain samples of any\nstock of any drugs.\n\t\tIf a sample of any drug is obtained, the agent making the inspection shall,\nupon completion of the inspection and before leaving the premises, give to the\nowner, operator, or agent in charge a receipt describing the sample. No\ninspection shall extend to financial data, sales data other than shipment data,\npricing data, personnel data or research data.\n\t\tAny information obtained by a designated State Police agent during an\ninspection under this section which constitutes evidence of a violation of any\nprovision of this chapter shall be reported to the Department of Health\nProfessions upon its discovery.\n\t\tAny information obtained by an agent designated by the Board during an\ninspection under this section which constitutes evidence of a violation of\nArticle 1 (\u00a7 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 shall be reported to\nthe Department of State Police upon its discovery.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 650, \u00a7 54-524.57; 1988, cc. 266, 765; 1992, cc. 743, 808.","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}}