                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 54.1-3300)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Board&#8221; means the Board of Pharmacy.
		&#8220;Collaborative agreement&#8221; means a voluntary, written, or
electronic arrangement between one pharmacist and his designated alternate
pharmacists involved directly in patient care at a single physical location
where patients receive services and (i) any person licensed to practice
medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry together with any person licensed, registered,
or certified by a health regulatory board of the Department of Health
Professions who provides health care services to patients of such person
licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; (ii) a physician&#8217;s
office as defined in § 32.1-276.3, provided that such collaborative agreement
is signed by each physician participating in the collaborative agreement; (iii)
any licensed physician assistant working under the supervision of a person
licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; or (iv) any licensed
advanced practice registered nurse working in accordance with the provisions of
§ 54.1-2957, involved directly in patient care which authorizes cooperative
procedures with respect to patients of such practitioners. Collaborative
procedures shall be related to treatment using drug therapy, laboratory tests,
or medical devices, under defined conditions or limitations, for the purpose of
improving patient outcomes. A collaborative agreement is not required for the
management of patients of an inpatient facility.
		&#8220;Dispense&#8221; means to deliver a drug to an ultimate user or research
subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the
prescribing and administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to
prepare the substance for delivery.
		&#8220;On-hold prescription&#8221; means a valid prescription that is received
and maintained by the pharmacy for initial dispensing on a future date.
		&#8220;Pharmacist&#8221; means a person holding a license issued by the Board
to practice pharmacy.
		&#8220;Pharmacy&#8221; means every establishment or institution in which
drugs, medicines, or medicinal chemicals are dispensed or offered for sale, or a
sign is displayed bearing the word or words &#8220;pharmacist,&#8221;
&#8220;pharmacy,&#8221; &#8220;apothecary,&#8221; &#8220;drugstore,&#8221;
&#8220;druggist,&#8221; &#8220;drugs,&#8221; &#8220;medicine store,&#8221;
&#8220;drug sundries,&#8221; &#8220;prescriptions filled,&#8221; or any similar
words intended to indicate that the practice of pharmacy is being conducted.
		&#8220;Pharmacy intern&#8221; means a student currently enrolled in or a
graduate of an approved school of pharmacy who is registered with the Board for
the purpose of gaining the practical experience required to apply for licensure
as a pharmacist.
		&#8220;Pharmacy technician&#8221; means a person registered with the Board to
assist a pharmacist under the pharmacist&#8217;s supervision.
		&#8220;Pharmacy technician trainee&#8221; means a person registered with the
Board for the purpose of performing duties restricted to a pharmacy technician
as part of a pharmacy technician training program in accordance with the
provisions of subsection G of § 54.1-3321.
		&#8220;Practice of pharmacy&#8221; means the personal health service that is
concerned with the art and science of selecting, procuring, recommending,
administering, preparing, compounding, packaging, and dispensing of drugs,
medicines, and devices used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of
disease, whether compounded or dispensed on a prescription or otherwise legally
dispensed or distributed, and shall include (i) the proper and safe storage and
distribution of drugs; (ii) the maintenance of proper records; (iii) the
responsibility of providing information concerning drugs and medicines and their
therapeutic values and uses in the treatment and prevention of disease; (iv) the
management of patient care under the terms of a collaborative agreement as
defined in this section; and (v) the initiating of treatment with or dispensing
or administering of certain drugs, devices, or controlled paraphernalia in
accordance with the provisions of § 54.1-3303.1.
		&#8220;Supervision&#8221; means the direction and control by a pharmacist of
the activities of a pharmacy intern or a pharmacy technician whereby the
supervising pharmacist is physically present in the pharmacy or in the facility
in which the pharmacy is located when the intern or technician is performing
duties restricted to a pharmacy intern or technician, respectively, and is
available for immediate oral communication.
		Other terms used in the context of this chapter shall be defined as provided
in Chapter 34 (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.) unless the context requires a different
meaning.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 54-399, 54-487; 1952, c. 451; 1958, c. 551, §
54-524.2; 1966, c. 193; 1968, c. 582; 1970, c. 650; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 94;
1972, c. 798; 1975, c. 425; 1976, c. 14; 1977, c. 193; 1978, c. 833; 1979, c.
435; 1980, c. 150; 1988, c. 765; 1999, cc. 895, 1011; 2001, c. 317; 2002, c.
411; 2013, c. 192; 2018, c. 776; 2020, cc. 102, 237, 731; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.
214; 2023, c. 183; 2024, c. 214.