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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 798 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":243657,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56931,"identifier":"54.1-3451","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/5\/54.1-3451","url":"\/54.1-3451\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3451\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/5\/54.1-3451","dublin_core":{"Title":"Placement of substance in Schedule IV","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3451","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall place a substance in Schedule IV if it finds that:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances in Schedule III; <a id=\"paragraph-208525\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3451\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and <a id=\"paragraph-208526\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3451\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Abuse of the substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the substances in Schedule III. <a id=\"paragraph-208527\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-3451\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPLACEMENT OF SUBSTANCE IN SCHEDULE IV (\u00a7 54.1-3451)\n\nThe Board shall place a substance in Schedule IV if it finds that:\n\n1. The substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances in\nSchedule III;\n\n2. The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United\nStates; and\n\n3. Abuse of the substance may lead to limited physical dependence or\npsychological dependence relative to the substances in Schedule III.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 798, \u00a7 54-524.84:9; 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}}