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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68106</law_id><section_number>54.1-3469</section_number><catch_line>Storage, usage, and disposition of controlled paraphernalia</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="7">Controlled Paraphernalia</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each <span class="dictionary">person</span>, association or corporation which has lawfully obtained <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of any of the controlled paraphernalia mentioned in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Distribution of hypodermic needles or syringes, gelatin capsules, quinine or any of its salts" href="/54.1-3467/">54.1-3467</a> shall exercise reasonable care in the storage, usage and <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of such <span class="dictionary">devices</span> or substances to ensure that they are not diverted for reuse for any purposes other than those for which they were lawfully obtained. Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who permits or causes, directly or indirectly, such controlled paraphernalia to be used for any other purpose than that for which it was lawfully obtained shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>1971, Ex. Sess., cc. 210, 245; 1988, c. 765.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
