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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80203</law_id><section_number>54.1-3442.3</section_number><catch_line>Expanded access to investigational drugs, biological products, or devices; cost; insurance coverage</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="4.1">Expanded Access to Investigational Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span> of an <span class="dictionary">investigational <span class="dictionary">drug</span>, <span class="dictionary">biological product</span>, or device</span> may make such <span class="dictionary">investigational <span class="dictionary">drug</span>, <span class="dictionary">biological product</span>, or device</span> available to a <span class="dictionary">person</span> who meets the criteria set forth in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Eligibility for expanded access to investigational drugs, biological products, and devices; written, informed consent to treatment" href="/54.1-3442.2/">54.1-3442.2</a>; however, nothing in this article shall require a <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span> of an <span class="dictionary">investigational <span class="dictionary">drug</span>, <span class="dictionary">biological product</span>, or device</span> to make such <span class="dictionary">investigational <span class="dictionary">drug</span>, <span class="dictionary">biological product</span>, or device</span> available to such <span class="dictionary">person</span>. <a id="paragraph-287110" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3442.3/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span> that makes an <span class="dictionary">investigational <span class="dictionary">drug</span>, <span class="dictionary">biological product</span>, or device</span> available to a <span class="dictionary">person</span> who meets the criteria set forth in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Eligibility for expanded access to investigational drugs, biological products, and devices; written, informed consent to treatment" href="/54.1-3442.2/">54.1-3442.2</a> may provide the <span class="dictionary">investigational <span class="dictionary">drug</span>, <span class="dictionary">biological product</span>, or device</span> to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> free of charge or may require the <span class="dictionary">person</span> to pay the costs of, or the costs associated with, the <span class="dictionary">manufacture</span> of the <span class="dictionary">investigational <span class="dictionary">drug</span>, <span class="dictionary">biological product</span>, or device</span>. <a id="paragraph-287111" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3442.3/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> An insurer proposing to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis, a corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>, or a health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services may provide coverage for costs related to treatment of a <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">terminal condition</span> with an <span class="dictionary">investigational <span class="dictionary">drug</span>, <span class="dictionary">biological product</span>, or device</span>; however, nothing in this article shall require an insurer proposing to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis, a corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>, or a health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services to provide coverage for costs related to treatment of a <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">terminal condition</span> with an <span class="dictionary">investigational <span class="dictionary">drug</span>, <span class="dictionary">biological product</span>, or device</span>. <a id="paragraph-287112" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3442.3/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2015, cc. 655, 656.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
