                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NOTICE TO DISPENSER OF PATIENT&#8217;S DEATH; DISPOSITION OF DISPENSED DRUGS (§
32.1-162.5:1)

A. Any hospice licensed by the Department or exempt from licensure pursuant to
&#xA7; 32.1-162.2 with a hospice patient residing at home at the time of death
shall notify every pharmacy that has dispensed partial quantities of a Schedule
II controlled substance for a patient with a medical diagnosis documenting a
terminal illness, as authorized by federal law, within 48 hours of the
patient&#8217;s death.

B. Any hospice licensed by the Department or exempt from licensure pursuant to
&#xA7; 32.1-162.2 shall develop policies and procedures for the disposal of
drugs, including opioids, dispensed as part of the hospice plan of care in
accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; 54.1-3411.2.

HISTORY: 2015, c. 668; 2018, c. 95; 2020, c. 739.