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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76280</law_id><section_number>54.1-3450</section_number><catch_line>Schedule III</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-3222</reference><reference>54.1-3303</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="5">Standards and Schedules</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">controlled substances</span> listed in this section are included in Schedule III:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Unless specifically exempted or listed in another schedule, any <span class="dictionary">material</span>, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a depressant effect on the central nervous system:
			Any substance which contains any quantity of a derivative of barbituric acid, or any salt of a derivative of barbituric acid, except those substances which are specifically listed in other <span class="dictionary">schedules</span>;
			Any compound, mixture or preparation containing amobarbital, secobarbital, or pentobarbital or any salt of amobarbital, secobarbital, or pentobarbital and one or more other active medicinal ingredients which are not listed in <span class="dictionary">Schedules</span> II through V;
			Any suppository dosage form containing amobarbital, secobarbital, or pentobarbital or any salt of amobarbital, secobarbital, or pentobarbital and approved by the Food and Drug Administration for marketing only as a suppository;
			Chlorhexadol;
			Any <span class="dictionary">drug product</span> containing gamma hydroxybutyric acid, including its salts, <span class="dictionary">isomers</span>, and salts of <span class="dictionary">isomers</span>, for which an application is approved under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. &#xA7; 355);
			Embutramide;
			Ketamine, its salts, <span class="dictionary">isomers</span>, and salts of <span class="dictionary">isomers</span> (some other names: [+-] -2-[2-chlorophenyl]-2-[methylamino]-cyclohexanone);
			Lysergic acid;
			Lysergic acid amide;
			Methyprylon;
			Perampanel [2-(2-oxo-1-phenyl-5-pyridin-2-yl-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl) benxonitrile], including its salts, <span class="dictionary">isomers</span>, and salts of <span class="dictionary">isomers</span>;
			Sulfondiethylmethane;
			Sulfonethylmethane;
			Sulfonmethane; and
			Tiletamine-zolazepam combination product or any salt thereof. <a id="paragraph-273839" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3450/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Nalorphine. <a id="paragraph-273840" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3450/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule:
			a. Any <span class="dictionary">material</span>, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following <span class="dictionary">narcotic drugs</span> or their salts thereof:
			Buprenorphine.
			b. Any <span class="dictionary">material</span>, compound, mixture, or preparation containing limited quantities of any of the following <span class="dictionary">narcotic drugs</span>, or any salts thereof:
			Not more than 1.8 grams of codeine, or any of its salts, per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with an equal or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium;
			Not more than 1.8 grams of codeine, or any of its salts, per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts;
			Not more than 1.8 grams of dihydrocodeine, or any of its salts, per 100 milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts;
			Not more than 300 milligrams of ethylmorphine, or any of its salts, per 100 milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts;
			Not more than 500 milligrams of opium per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams, or not more than 25 milligrams per dosage unit, with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts;
			Not more than 50 milligrams of morphine, or any of its salts, per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts. <a id="paragraph-273841" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3450/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any <span class="dictionary">material</span>, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, <span class="dictionary">isomers</span> (whether optical, position, or geometric), and salts of such <span class="dictionary">isomers</span> whenever the existence of such salts, <span class="dictionary">isomers</span>, and salts of <span class="dictionary">isomers</span> is possible within the specific chemical designation:
			Benzphetamine;
			Chlorphentermine;
			Clortermine;
			Phendimetrazine. <a id="paragraph-273842" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3450/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may except by regulation any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any stimulation or depressant substance listed in subsection A from the application of all or any part of this chapter if the compound, mixture, or preparation contains one or more active medicinal ingredients not having a stimulant or depressant effect on the central nervous system, and if the admixtures are included therein in combinations, quantity, proportion, or concentration that vitiate the potential for abuse of the substances which have a stimulant or depressant effect on the central nervous system. <a id="paragraph-273843" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3450/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any <span class="dictionary">material</span>, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of the following substances, including its salts, <span class="dictionary">isomers</span>, and salts of <span class="dictionary">isomers</span> whenever the existence of such salts of <span class="dictionary">isomers</span> is possible within the specific chemical designation:
			<span class="dictionary">Anabolic steroids</span>, including, but not limited to:
			3beta,17-dihydroxy-5a-androstane;
			3alpha,17beta-dihydroxy-5a-androstane;
			5alpha-androstan-3,17-dione;
			1-androstenediol (3beta,17beta-dihydroxy-5alpha-androst-1-ene);
			1-androstenediol (3alpha,17beta-dihydroxy-5alpha-androst-1-ene);
			4-androstenediol (3beta,17beta-dihydroxy-androst-4-ene);
			5-androstenediol (3beta,17beta-dihydroxy-androst-5-ene);
			1-androstenedione ([5alpha]-androst-1-en-3,17-dione);
			4-androstenedione (androst-4-en-3,17-dione);
			5-androstenedione (androst-5-en-3,17-dione);
			Bolasterone (7alpha,17alpha-dimenthyl-17beta-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
			Boldenone (Dehydrotestosterone)(17beta-hydroxyandrost-1,4,-diene-3-one);
			Boldione (androsta-1, 4-diene-3, 17-dione);
			Calusterone (7beta,17alpha-dimethyl-17beta-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
			Clostebol (4-Chlorotestosterone)(Chlorotestosterone)(4-chloro-17beta-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
			Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (4-chloro-17beta-hydroxy-17alpha-methyl-androst-1,4-dien-3-one);
			Delta1-dihydrotestosterone (1-testosterone)(17beta-hydroxy-5alpha-androst-1-en-3-one);
			Desoxymethyltestosterone (madol)(17alpha-methyl-5alpha-androst-2-en-17beta-ol);
			Dromostanolone (Drostanolone)(17beta-hydroxy-2alpha-methyl-5alpha-androstan-3-one);
			Ethylestrenol (17alpha-ethyl-17beta-hydroxyestr-4-ene);
			Fluoxymesterone (9-fluoro-17alpha-methyl-11beta,17beta-dihydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
			Formyldienolone (Formebolone)(2-formyl-17alpha-methyl-11alpha,17beta-dihydroxyandrost-1,4-di en-3-one);
			Furazabol (17alpha-methyl-17beta-hydroxyandrostano[2,3-c]-furazan);
			13-beta-ethyl-17alpha-hydroxygon-4-en-3-one;
			4-hydroxytestosterone (4,17beta-dihydroxy-androst-4-en-3-one);
			4-hydroxy-19-nortestosterone (4,17beta-dihydroxy-estr-4-en-3-one);
			Mestanolone (17alpha-methyl-17beta-hydroxy-5-androstan-3-one);
			Mesterolone (1alpha-methyl-17beta-hydroxy-[5alpha]-androstan-3-one);
			Methandriol (methylandrostenediol)(17alpha-methyl-3beta,17beta-dihydroxyandrost-5-ene);
			Methandrostenolone (Methandienone)(Dehydromethyltestosterone)(17alpha-methyl-17beta-hydroxyandrost-1,4-dien-3-one);
			Methasterone (2alpha,17alpha-dimethyl-5alpha-androstan-17beta-ol-3-one);
			Methenolone (1-methyl-17beta-hydroxy-5alpha-androst-1-en-3-one);
			17alpha-methyl-3beta,17beta-dihydroxy-5a-androstane;
			17alpha-methyl-3alpha,17beta-dihydroxy-5a-androstane;
			17alpha-methyl-3beta,17beta-dihydroxyandrost-4-ene);
			17alpha-methyl-4-hydroxynandrolone (17alpha-methyl-4-hydroxy-17beta-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one);
			Methyldienolone (17alpha-methyl-17beta-hydroxyestra-4,9(10)-dien-3-one);
			Methyltrienolone (17alpha-methyl-17beta-hydroxyestra-4,9-11-trien-3-one);
			17-Methyltestosterone (Methyltestosterone)(17alpha-methyl-17beta-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
			Mibolerone (7alpha,17alpha-dimethyl-17beta-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one);
			17alpha-methyl-delta1-dihydrotestosterone (17beta-hydroxy-17alpha-methyl-5alpha-androst-1-en-3-one)(17-alpha-methyl-1-testosterone);
			Nandrolone (19-Nortestosterone)(17beta-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one);
			19-nor-4,9(10)-androstadienedione (estra-4,9(10)-diene-3,17-dione);
			19-nor-4-androstenediol (3beta,17beta-dihydroxyestr-4-ene);
			19-nor-4-androstenediol (3alpha,17beta-dihydroxyestr-4-ene);
			19-nor-5-androstenediol (3beta,17beta-dihydroxyestr-5-ene);
			19-nor-5-androstenediol (3alpha,17beta-dihydroxyestr-5-ene);
			19-nor-4-androstenedione (estr-4-en-3,17-dione);
			19-nor-5-androstenedione (estr-5-en-3,17-dione);
			Norbolethone (13beta,17alpha-diethyl-17beta-hydroxygon-4-en-3-one);
			Norclostebol (4-chloro-17beta-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one);
			Norethandrolone (17alpha-ethyl-17beta-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one);
			Normethandrolone (17alpha-methyl-17beta-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one);
			Oxandrolone (17alpha-methyl-17beta-hydroxy-2-oxa-[5alpha]-androstan-3-one);
			Oxymesterone (Oxymestrone)(17alpha-methyl-4,17beta-dihydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one);
			Oxymetholone (Anasterone)(17alpha-methyl-2-hydroxymethylene-17beta-hydroxy-[5alpha]-androstan-3-one);
			Prostanozol (17beta-hydroxy-5alpha-androstano[3,2-c]pyrazole);
			Stanolone (4-Dihydrotestosterone)(Dihydrotestosterone)(17beta-hydroxy-androstan-3-one);
			Stanozolol (Androstanazole)(17alpha-methyl-17beta-hydroxy-[5alpha]-androst-2-eno[3,2-c]-pyrazole);
			Stenbolone (17beta-hydroxy-2-methyl-[5alpha]-androst-1-en-3-one);
			Testolactone (1-Dehydrotestololactone)(13-hydroxy-3-oxo-13,17-secoandrosta-1,4-dien-17-oic acid lactone);
			Testosterone (17beta-hydroxandrost-4-en-3-one);
			Tetrahydrogestrinone (13beta,17alpha-diethyl-17beta-hydroxygon-4,9,11-trien-3-one);
			Trenbolone (Trienbolone)(Trienolone)(17beta-hydroxyestr-4,9,11-trien-3-one); and
			Any salt, ester, or ether of a drug or substance described or listed in this paragraph. However, such term does not include an <span class="dictionary">anabolic steroid</span> which is expressly intended for administration through implants to cattle or other nonhuman species and which has been approved by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services for such administration. If any <span class="dictionary">person</span> prescribes, <span class="dictionary">dispenses</span>, or <span class="dictionary">distributes</span> any such steroid for human use, such <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall be considered to have prescribed, dispensed, or distributed an <span class="dictionary">anabolic steroid</span> within the meaning of this subsection. <a id="paragraph-273844" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3450/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Dronabinol (synthetic) in sesame oil and encapsulated in a soft gelatin capsule in a <span class="dictionary">drug product</span> approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. <a id="paragraph-273845" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3450/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1972, c. 798, &#xA7; 54-524.84:8; 1976, c. 614; 1977, c. 302; 1979, c. 387; 1982, c. 505; 1988, cc. 283, 765; 1992, c. 737; 2000, cc. 135, 348; 2003, c. 640; 2005, c. 119; 2006, c. 346; 2007, c. 14; 2010, c. 423; 2013, c. 233; 2014, c. 74; 2015, c. 303.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
