                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 54.1-2519)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Administer&#8221; means the direct application of a controlled
substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion or any other means, to
the body of a patient or research subject by (i) a practitioner or, under the
practitioner&#8217;s direction, his authorized agent or (ii) the patient or
research subject at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner.
		&#8220;Bureau&#8221; means the Virginia Department of State Police, Bureau of
Criminal Investigation, Drug Diversion Unit.
		&#8220;Controlled substance&#8221; means a drug, substance or immediate
precursor in Schedules I through VI of the Drug Control Act, Chapter 34 (§
54.1-3400 et seq.) of this title.
		&#8220;Covered substance&#8221; means all controlled substances included in
Schedules II, III, and IV; controlled substances included in Schedule V for
which a prescription is required; naloxone; and all drugs of concern that are
required to be reported to the Prescription Monitoring Program, pursuant to this
chapter. &#8220;Covered substance&#8221; also includes cannabis products
dispensed by a pharmaceutical processor in Virginia.
		&#8220;Department&#8221; means the Virginia Department of Health Professions.
		&#8220;Director&#8221; means the Director of the Virginia Department of Health
Professions.
		&#8220;Dispense&#8221; means to deliver a controlled substance to an ultimate
user, research subject, or owner of an animal patient 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 that
delivery.
		&#8220;Dispenser&#8221; means a person or entity that (i) is authorized by law
to dispense a covered substance or to maintain a stock of covered substances for
the purpose of dispensing, and (ii) dispenses the covered substance to a citizen
of the Commonwealth regardless of the location of the dispenser, or who
dispenses such covered substance from a location in Virginia regardless of the
location of the recipient.
		&#8220;Drug of concern&#8221; means any drug or substance, including any
controlled substance or other drug or substance, where there has been or there
is the potential for abuse and that has been identified by the Board of Pharmacy
pursuant to § 54.1-3456.1.
		&#8220;Prescriber&#8221; means a practitioner licensed in the Commonwealth who
is authorized pursuant to §§ 54.1-3303 and 54.1-3408 to issue a prescription
for a covered substance or a practitioner licensed in another state to so issue
a prescription for a covered substance.
		&#8220;Recipient&#8221; means a person who receives a covered substance from a
dispenser and includes the owner of an animal patient.
		&#8220;Relevant health regulatory board&#8221; means any such board that
licenses persons or entities with the authority to prescribe or dispense covered
substances, including the Board of Dentistry, the Board of Medicine, the Board
of Veterinary Medicine, and the Board of Pharmacy.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 481; 2005, cc. 637, 678; 2014, c. 664; 2018, cc. 185, 379,
567, 772; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 227, 228.