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This law was first created in 1972. 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 4 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 1976, chapter 614; in 1977, chapter 302; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1999, chapter 605<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":54127,"section_number":"54.1-3222","catch_line":"TPA certification; certification for treatment of diseases or abnormal conditions with therapeutic pharmaceutical agents (TPAs)","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3222\/"},{"id":85347,"section_number":"54.1-3303","catch_line":"Prescriptions to be issued and drugs to be dispensed for medical or therapeutic purposes only","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3303\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":243673,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82814,"identifier":"54.1-3455","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/5\/54.1-3455","url":"\/54.1-3455\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3455\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/5\/54.1-3455","dublin_core":{"Title":"Schedule VI","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3455","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The following classes of drugs<\/span> and devices<\/span> shall be controlled by Schedule VI:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any stimulant or depressant drug<\/span> exempted from Schedules<\/span> III, IV or V and designated by the Board<\/span> as subject to this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Every drug<\/span>, not included in Schedules<\/span> I, II, III, IV or V, or device<\/span>, which because of its toxicity or other potentiality for harmful effect, or the method of its use, or the collateral<\/span> measures necessary to its use, is not generally recognized among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate its safety and efficacy as safe for use except by or under the supervision of a practitioner<\/span> licensed to prescribe or administer<\/span> such drug<\/span> or device<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Any drug<\/span>, not included in Schedules<\/span> I, II, III, IV or V, required by federal law<\/span> to bear on its label<\/span> prior to dispensing<\/span>, at a minimum, the symbol “Rx only,” or which bears the legend “Caution: Federal Law<\/span> Prohibits Dispensing<\/span> Without Prescription<\/span>” or “Caution: Federal Law<\/span> Restricts This Drug<\/span> To Use By Or On The Order<\/span> Of A Veterinarian” or any device<\/span> which bears the legend “Caution: Federal Law<\/span> Restricts This Device<\/span> To Sales<\/span> By Or On The Order<\/span> Of A _______________.” (The blank should be completed with the word “Physician,” “Dentist,” “Veterinarian,” or with the professional designation of any other practitioner<\/span> licensed to use or order<\/span> such device<\/span>.) <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSCHEDULE VI (\u00a7 54.1-3455)\n\nThe following classes of drugs and devices shall be controlled by Schedule VI:\n\n1. Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any stimulant or depressant\ndrug exempted from Schedules III, IV or V and designated by the Board as subject\nto this section.\n\n2. Every drug, not included in Schedules I, II, III, IV or V, or device, which\nbecause of its toxicity or other potentiality for harmful effect, or the method\nof its use, or the collateral measures necessary to its use, is not generally\nrecognized among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to\nevaluate its safety and efficacy as safe for use except by or under the\nsupervision of a practitioner licensed to prescribe or administer such drug or\ndevice.\n\n3. Any drug, not included in Schedules I, II, III, IV or V, required by federal\nlaw to bear on its label prior to dispensing, at a minimum, the symbol “Rx\nonly,” or which bears the legend “Caution: Federal Law Prohibits\nDispensing Without Prescription” or “Caution: Federal Law Restricts\nThis Drug To Use By Or On The Order Of A Veterinarian” or any device which\nbears the legend “Caution: Federal Law Restricts This Device To Sales By\nOr On The Order Of A _______________.” (The blank should be completed with\nthe word “Physician,” “Dentist,”\n“Veterinarian,” or with the professional designation of any other\npractitioner licensed to use or order such device.)\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 798, \u00a7 54-524.84:13; 1976, c. 614; 1977, c. 302; 1988, c.\n765; 1999, c. 605.","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}}