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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 124<\/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":77369,"section_number":"54.1-3434.1","catch_line":"Nonresident pharmacies to register with Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3434.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":243461,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65752,"identifier":"54.1-3434.03","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/2\/54.1-3434.03","url":"\/54.1-3434.03\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3434.03\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/2\/54.1-3434.03","dublin_core":{"Title":"Continuous quality improvement program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3434.03","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each pharmacy shall implement a program for continuous quality improvement, according to regulations of the Board<\/span>. Such program shall provide for a systematic, ongoing process of analysis of dispensing<\/span> errors that uses findings<\/span> to formulate an appropriate response and to develop or improve pharmacy systems and workflow processes designed to prevent or reduce future errors. The Board<\/span> shall promulgate regulations to further define the required elements of such program.\n\t\tAny pharmacy that actively reports to a patient safety organization that has as its primary mission continuous quality improvement under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-41), shall be deemed in compliance with this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (\u00a7 54.1-3434.03)\n\nEach pharmacy shall implement a program for continuous quality improvement,\naccording to regulations of the Board. Such program shall provide for a\nsystematic, ongoing process of analysis of dispensing errors that uses findings\nto formulate an appropriate response and to develop or improve pharmacy systems\nand workflow processes designed to prevent or reduce future errors. The Board\nshall promulgate regulations to further define the required elements of such\nprogram.\n\t\tAny pharmacy that actively reports to a patient safety organization that has\nas its primary mission continuous quality improvement under the Patient Safety\nand Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-41), shall be deemed in compliance\nwith this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 124.","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}}