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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56326</law_id><section_number>18.2-251.1:2</section_number><catch_line>Possession or distribution of cannabis oil; nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; hospice and hospice facilities; assisted living facilities</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Drugs</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No person employed by a nursing home, hospice, hospice facility, or assisted living facility and authorized to possess, distribute, or administer medications to patients or residents shall be prosecuted under Chapter 11 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Possession, etc., of marijuana and marijuana products by persons 21 years of age or older lawful; penalties" href="/4.1-1100/">4.1-1100</a> et seq.) of Title 4.1 or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties" href="/18.2-248/">18.2-248</a>, <a class="law" title="Penalties for sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute marijuana" href="/18.2-248.1/">18.2-248.1</a>, or <a class="law" title="Possession of controlled substances unlawful" href="/18.2-250/">18.2-250</a> for the <span class="dictionary">possession</span> or distribution of cannabis oil for the purposes of storing, dispensing, or administering cannabis oil to a patient or resident who has been issued a valid written certification for the use of cannabis oil in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Certification for use of cannabis for treatment" href="/4.1-1601/">4.1-1601</a>.</p></section></text><history>2020, c. 846; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 550, 551; 2023, cc. 740, 773.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
