                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITED EQUIPMENT RELATED TO MANUFACTURING, SELLING, GIVING, DISTRIBUTING, OR
POSSESSING WITH INTENT TO MANUFACTURE, SELL, GIVE, OR DISTRIBUTE A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE; PENALTIES (§ 18.2-248.05)

A. For the purposes of this section:
			&#8220;Encapsulating machine&#8221; means manual, semiautomatic, or fully
automatic equipment that can be used to fill shells or capsules with powdered or
granular solids or semisolid material to produce coherent solid contents.
			&#8220;Tableting machine&#8221; means manual, semiautomatic, or fully
automatic equipment that can be used to compact, compress, or mold powdered or
granular solids or semisolid material to produce fused coherent solid tablets.

B. Except for manufacturers, outsourcing facilities, and pharmacies permitted
pursuant to the Drug Control Act (&#xA7; 54.1-3400 et seq.), it is unlawful for
any person to possess, purchase, sell, give, distribute, or possess with intent
to sell, give, or distribute an encapsulating machine or a tableting machine
that manufactures, compounds, converts, produces, processes, prepares, or
otherwise introduces into the human body a controlled substance. Any person who
violates this section is guilty of a Class 6 felony. However, any person who
violates this section knowing, intending, or having reasonable cause to believe
that such action will result in the unlawful manufacture of a controlled
substance or counterfeit controlled substance that contains (i) a controlled
substance classified in Schedule I or Schedule II of the Drug Control Act or
(ii) a controlled substance analog as defined in &#xA7; 54.1-3456 is guilty of a
Class 5 felony.

HISTORY: 2024, c. 371; 2025, c. 418.