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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58671</law_id><section_number>54.1-3435.3:1</section_number><catch_line>Registration of nonresident medical equipment suppliers; renewal; fee</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="3">Wholesale Distributors and Medical Equipment Suppliers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> located outside the Commonwealth other than a nonresident pharmacy registered pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Nonresident pharmacies to register with Board" href="/54.1-3434.1/">54.1-3434.1</a> that ships, mails, or <span class="dictionary">delivers</span> to a consumer in the Commonwealth any hypodermic syringes or needles, medicinal oxygen, Schedule VI controlled <span class="dictionary">device</span>, those Schedule VI <span class="dictionary">controlled substances</span> with no medicinal properties that are used for the operation and cleaning of medical equipment, sterile water and saline for irrigation, or solutions for peritoneal dialysis pursuant to a lawful <span class="dictionary">order</span> of a <span class="dictionary">prescriber</span> shall be registered with the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> as a nonresident <span class="dictionary">medical equipment supplier</span>. Registration as a nonresident <span class="dictionary">medical equipment supplier</span> shall be renewed by March 1 of each year. Applicants for registration or renewal of a registration shall submit a fee specified by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> in regulations at the time of registration or renewal. A nonresident <span class="dictionary">medical equipment supplier</span> registered in accordance with this section shall notify the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> within 30 days of any substantive change in the information previously submitted to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-215020" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3435.3_1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The nonresident <span class="dictionary">medical equipment supplier</span> shall at all times maintain a valid, unexpired license, permit, or registration in the state in which it is located, if required by the resident state, and shall furnish proof of such license, permit, or registration upon application for registration or renewal. If the resident state does not require a license, permit, or registration to engage in direct consumer supply of the medical equipment described in subsection A, the applicant shall furnish proof that it meets the minimum statutory and regulatory requirements for <span class="dictionary">medical equipment suppliers</span> in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-215021" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3435.3_1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Records of distribution of medical equipment described in subsection A into the Commonwealth shall be maintained in such a manner that they are readily retrievable from records of distribution into other <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> and shall be provided to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, its authorized <span class="dictionary">agent</span>, or any <span class="dictionary">agent</span> designated by the Superintendent of State Police upon request within seven days of receipt of such request. <a id="paragraph-215022" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3435.3_1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2016, c. 88.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
