                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF CANNABIS OIL; NURSING HOMES AND CERTIFIED NURSING
FACILITIES; HOSPICE AND HOSPICE FACILITIES; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (§
18.2-251.1:2)

No person employed by a nursing home, hospice, hospice facility, or assisted
living facility and authorized to possess, distribute, or administer medications
to patients or residents shall be prosecuted under Chapter 11 (§ 4.1-1100 et
seq.) of Title 4.1 or § 18.2-248, 18.2-248.1, or 18.2-250 for the possession or
distribution of cannabis oil for the purposes of storing, dispensing, or
administering cannabis oil to a patient or resident who has been issued a valid
written certification for the use of cannabis oil in accordance with §
4.1-1601.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 846; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 550, 551; 2023, cc. 740, 773.