<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86720</law_id><section_number>54.1-3411.2:1</section_number><catch_line>Guidelines for disposal of unused drugs</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="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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Pharmacy shall develop guidelines for the provision of counseling and information regarding proper disposal of unused dispensed <span class="dictionary">drugs</span>, including information about pharmacy <span class="dictionary">drug</span> disposal programs in which the pharmacy participates pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Prescription drug disposal programs" href="/54.1-3411.2/">54.1-3411.2</a>, by pharmacists to patients for whom a <span class="dictionary">prescription</span> is dispensed. <a id="paragraph-310567" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3411.2_1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Pharmacy shall determine methods to enhance public awareness of proper <span class="dictionary">drug</span> disposal methods, which may include requirements for pharmacies or hospitals or clinics with an on-site pharmacy to provide such information to customers and the public through the provision of informative pamphlets, the posting of signs in public areas of the pharmacy, and the posting of information on public-facing websites. <a id="paragraph-310568" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3411.2_1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2017, c. 114; 2020, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
