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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84967</law_id><section_number>54.1-3413</section_number><catch_line>Manufacturing and administering Schedule I 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><p>It shall be lawful for a <span class="dictionary">person</span> to <span class="dictionary">manufacture</span>, and for a <span class="dictionary">practitioner</span> to <span class="dictionary">administer</span>, Schedule I <span class="dictionary">drugs</span> if:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span> and <span class="dictionary">practitioner</span> are expressly authorized to engage in such activities by the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> of the United States, or pursuant to the federal Food, <span class="dictionary">Drug</span> and Cosmetic Act; <a id="paragraph-304550" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3413/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span> or <span class="dictionary">dispenser</span> is registered under all appropriate provisions of this chapter; <a id="paragraph-304551" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3413/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any Schedule I <span class="dictionary">drug</span> so manufactured is sold or furnished on an <span class="dictionary">official written order</span> to a <span class="dictionary">practitioner</span> or other authorized <span class="dictionary">person</span> only; and <a id="paragraph-304552" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3413/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span> and <span class="dictionary">practitioner</span> comply with all other requirements of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-304553" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3413/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1970, c. 650, &#xA7; 54-524.58:1; 1972, c. 798; 1988, c. 765.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
