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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82814</law_id><section_number>54.1-3455</section_number><catch_line>Schedule VI</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 following classes of <span class="dictionary">drugs</span> and <span class="dictionary">devices</span> shall be controlled by Schedule VI:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any stimulant or depressant <span class="dictionary">drug</span> exempted from <span class="dictionary">Schedules</span> III, IV or V and designated by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> as subject to this section. <a id="paragraph-296865" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3455/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Every <span class="dictionary">drug</span>, not included in <span class="dictionary">Schedules</span> I, II, III, IV or V, or <span class="dictionary">device</span>, which because of its toxicity or other potentiality for harmful effect, or the method of its use, or the <span class="dictionary">collateral</span> measures necessary to its use, is not generally recognized among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate its safety and efficacy as safe for use except by or under the supervision of a <span class="dictionary">practitioner</span> licensed to prescribe or <span class="dictionary">administer</span> such <span class="dictionary">drug</span> or <span class="dictionary">device</span>. <a id="paragraph-296866" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3455/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">drug</span>, not included in <span class="dictionary">Schedules</span> I, II, III, IV or V, required by federal <span class="dictionary">law</span> to bear on its <span class="dictionary">label</span> prior to <span class="dictionary">dispensing</span>, at a minimum, the symbol &#x201C;Rx only,&#x201D; or which bears the legend &#x201C;Caution: Federal <span class="dictionary">Law</span> Prohibits <span class="dictionary">Dispensing</span> Without <span class="dictionary">Prescription</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;Caution: Federal <span class="dictionary">Law</span> Restricts This <span class="dictionary">Drug</span> To Use By Or On The <span class="dictionary">Order</span> Of A Veterinarian&#x201D; or any <span class="dictionary">device</span> which bears the legend &#x201C;Caution: Federal <span class="dictionary">Law</span> Restricts This <span class="dictionary">Device</span> To <span class="dictionary">Sales</span> By Or On The <span class="dictionary">Order</span> Of A _______________.&#x201D; (The blank should be completed with the word &#x201C;Physician,&#x201D; &#x201C;Dentist,&#x201D; &#x201C;Veterinarian,&#x201D; or with the professional designation of any other <span class="dictionary">practitioner</span> licensed to use or <span class="dictionary">order</span> such <span class="dictionary">device</span>.) <a id="paragraph-296867" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-3455/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1972, c. 798, &#xA7; 54-524.84:13; 1976, c. 614; 1977, c. 302; 1988, c. 765; 1999, c. 605.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
