                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIFIC POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD (§ 54.1-3307)

A. The Board shall regulate the practice of pharmacy and the manufacturing,
dispensing, selling, distributing, processing, compounding, or disposal of drugs
and devices. The Board shall also control the character and standard of all
drugs, cosmetics, and devices within the Commonwealth, investigate all
complaints as to the quality and strength of all drugs, cosmetics, and devices,
and take such action as may be necessary to prevent the manufacturing,
dispensing, selling, distributing, processing, compounding, and disposal of such
drugs, cosmetics, and devices that do not conform to the requirements of law.
			The Board&#8217;s regulations shall include criteria for:

   1. Maintenance of the quality, quantity, integrity, safety, and efficacy of
   drugs or devices distributed, dispensed, or administered.

   2. Compliance with the prescriber&#8217;s instructions regarding the drug and
   its quantity, quality, and directions for use.

   3. Controls and safeguards against diversion of drugs or devices.

   4. Maintenance of the integrity of, and public confidence in, the profession
   and improving the delivery of quality pharmaceutical services to the citizens
   of Virginia.

   5. Maintenance of complete records of the nature, quantity, or quality of
   drugs or substances distributed or dispensed and of all transactions involving
   controlled substances or drugs or devices so as to provide adequate
   information to the patient, the practitioner, or the Board.

   6. Control of factors contributing to abuse of legitimately obtained drugs,
   devices, or controlled substances.

   7. Promotion of scientific or technical advances in the practice of pharmacy
   and the manufacture and distribution of controlled drugs, devices, or
   substances.

   8. Impact on costs to the public and within the health care industry through
   the modification of mandatory practices and procedures not essential to
   meeting the criteria set out in subdivisions 1 through 7.

   9. Such other factors as may be relevant to, and consistent with, the public
   health and safety and the cost of rendering pharmacy services.

B. The Board may collect and examine specimens of drugs, devices, and cosmetics
that are manufactured, distributed, stored, or dispensed in the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 54-415, 54-416.1; 1954, c. 396; 1958, c. 551, §
54-524.16; 1970, c. 650, § 54-524.18; 1972, c. 798; 1980, c. 288; 1988, c. 765;
1995, c. 529; 1996, cc. 37, 407; 2005, c. 777; 2006, c. 632; 2016, c. 221; 2020,
c. 1166; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.