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This law was first created in 1970. 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, chapter 765; in 1996, chapter 408<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59669,"section_number":"54.1-3401","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3401\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75409,"section_number":"54.1-3462","catch_line":"Misbranded drug or device","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3462\/"}],"permalink":{"id":243711,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55895,"identifier":"54.1-3463","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/6\/54.1-3463","url":"\/54.1-3463\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3463\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/6\/54.1-3463","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemption of drugs dispensed by filling or refilling prescription","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3463","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any drug<\/span> dispensed by filling or refilling a written or oral prescription<\/span> of a prescriber<\/span> shall be exempt from the requirements of § 54.1-3462<\/a> except subdivisions 1, 9, and 10, and the packaging requirements of subdivision 7, if the drug<\/span> bears a label<\/span> containing the name and address of the dispenser<\/span>, the serial number and date of the prescription<\/span> or of its filling, the name of the prescriber<\/span> and the name of the patient, and the directions for use and cautionary statements, if any, contained in such prescription<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> This section shall not be construed to relieve any person<\/span> from any requirement prescribed by or under authority of law<\/span> with respect to drugs now included or which may hereafter be included within the classifications of narcotic drugs<\/span> or marijuana<\/span> as defined in the applicable federal and state laws<\/span> relating to narcotic drugs<\/span> and marijuana<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTION OF DRUGS DISPENSED BY FILLING OR REFILLING PRESCRIPTION (\u00a7 54.1-3463)\n\nA. Any drug dispensed by filling or refilling a written or oral prescription of\na prescriber shall be exempt from the requirements of § 54.1-3462 except\nsubdivisions 1, 9, and 10, and the packaging requirements of subdivision 7, if\nthe drug bears a label containing the name and address of the dispenser, the\nserial number and date of the prescription or of its filling, the name of the\nprescriber and the name of the patient, and the directions for use and\ncautionary statements, if any, contained in such prescription.\n\nB. This section shall not be construed to relieve any person from any\nrequirement prescribed by or under authority of law with respect to drugs now\nincluded or which may hereafter be included within the classifications of\nnarcotic drugs or marijuana as defined in the applicable federal and state laws\nrelating to narcotic drugs and marijuana.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 650, \u00a7 54-524.94; 1988, c. 765; 1996, c. 408.","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}}