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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54900</law_id><section_number>54.1-3408.2</section_number><catch_line>Failure to report administration or dispensing of or prescription for controlled substances; report required; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-127.1:03</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="34">Drug Control Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> authorized to prescribe, <span class="dictionary">dispense</span>, or <span class="dictionary">administer</span> <span class="dictionary">controlled substances</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Professional use by practitioners" href="/54.1-3408/">54.1-3408</a> who has reason to suspect that a <span class="dictionary">person</span> has obtained or attempted to obtain a <span class="dictionary">controlled substance</span> or <span class="dictionary">prescription</span> for a <span class="dictionary">controlled substance</span> by <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> or deceit, may report the activity to the local <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency for investigation. Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who, in good faith, makes a report or furnishes information or records to a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer or entity pursuant to this section shall not be liable for civil <span class="dictionary">damages</span> in connection with making such report or furnishing such information or records.</p></section></text><history>2010, c. 185.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
