                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REFUSAL; REVOCATION; SUSPENSION AND DENIAL (§ 54.1-3316)

The Board may refuse to admit an applicant to any examination; refuse to issue a
license, permit, certificate, or registration to any applicant; or reprimand,
impose a monetary penalty, place on probation, impose such terms as it may
designate, suspend for a stated period of time or indefinitely, or revoke any
license, permit, certificate, or registration if it finds that an applicant or a
person holding a license, permit, certificate, or registration:

1. Has been negligent in the practice of pharmacy or in any activity requiring a
license, permit, certificate, or registration from the Board;

2. Has engaged in unprofessional conduct specified in regulations promulgated by
the Board;

3. Has become incompetent to practice pharmacy or to engage in any activity
requiring a license, permit, certificate, or registration from the Board because
of a mental or physical condition;

4. Uses drugs or alcohol to the extent that he is rendered unsafe to practice
pharmacy or to engage in any activity requiring a license, permit, certificate,
or registration from the Board;

5. Has engaged in or attempted any fraud or deceit in connection with the
practice of pharmacy or any activity requiring a license, permit, certificate,
or registration from the Board, including any application to the Board for such
license, permit, certificate, or registration;

6. Has engaged in activities beyond the scope of a license, permit, certificate,
or registration or has assisted or allowed unlicensed persons to engage in the
practice of pharmacy or perform duties related to the practice of pharmacy for
which a license or registration is required;

7. Has violated or cooperated with others in violating any provisions of law or
regulation relating to practice of pharmacy or any activity requiring a license,
permit, certificate, or registration from the Board;

8. Has had revoked or suspended any registration issued by the United States
Drug Enforcement Administration or other federal agency that is necessary to
conduct an activity also requiring a license, permit, certificate, or
registration from the Board;

9. Has engaged in the theft or diversion of controlled substances or has
violated any federal drug law or any drug law of Virginia or of another state;

10. Has had denied, suspended, or revoked in any other state a license to
practice pharmacy or any license, permit, certificate, or registration necessary
to conduct an activity requiring a license, permit, certificate, or registration
from the Board, or has surrendered in another state such license, permit,
certificate, or registration;

11. Has been convicted of any felony or of any misdemeanor involving moral
turpitude;

12. Has issued or published statements intended to deceive or defraud about his
professional service or an activity requiring a license, permit, certificate, or
registration from the Board;

13. Has conducted his practice, or activity requiring a license, permit,
certificate, or registration from the Board in such a manner as to be a danger
to the health and welfare of the public; or

14. Has failed to comply with requirements of this chapter or any regulation of
the Board relating to continuing education.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 798, § 54-524.22:1; 1976, c. 614; 1977, c. 86; 1982, c. 401;
1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 868; 1994, c. 296; 2007, c. 662.