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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55995</law_id><section_number>54.1-3421</section_number><catch_line>New drugs</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-3408.05</reference><reference>54.1-3457</reference><reference>54.1-3459</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall sell, <span class="dictionary">deliver</span>, offer for <span class="dictionary">sale</span>, hold for <span class="dictionary">sale</span> or give away any <span class="dictionary">new drug</span> unless an application with respect to the drug has been approved and the approval has not been withdrawn under &#xA7; 505 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. &#xA7; 355). <a id="paragraph-205183" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3421/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> This section shall not apply to a drug subject to the federal act intended solely for investigational use and for which a notice of claimed investigational exemption for a <span class="dictionary">new drug</span> has been filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in accordance with 21 C.F.R. Part 312. <a id="paragraph-205184" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3421/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1970, c. 650, &#xA7; 54-524.95; 1988, c. 765; 2000, c. 135.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
