                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INVENTORIES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REQUIRED OF CERTAIN PERSONS; CONTENTS AND
FORM OF RECORD (§ 54.1-3404)

A. Except as set forth in subsection G, every person manufacturing, compounding,
processing, selling, dispensing or otherwise disposing of drugs in Schedules I,
II, III, IV or V shall take a complete and accurate inventory of all stocks of
Schedules I through V drugs on the date he first engages in business. If there
are no controlled substances on hand at that time, he shall record this fact as
part of the inventory. An inventory taken by use of an oral recording device
shall be promptly reduced to writing and maintained in a written, typewritten or
printed form. Such inventory shall be made either as of the opening of business
or as of the close of business on the inventory date.

B. After the initial inventory is taken, every person described herein shall
take a new inventory at least every two years of all stocks on hand of Schedules
I through V drugs. The biennial inventory shall be taken on any date which is
within two years of the previous biennial inventory.

C. The record of such drugs received shall in every case show the date of
receipt, the name and address of the person from whom received and the kind and
quantity of drugs received, the kind and quantity of drugs produced or removed
from process of manufacture, and the date of such production or removal from
process of manufacture. The record shall in every case show the proportion of
morphine, cocaine, or ecgonine contained in or producible from crude opium or
coca leaves received or produced.

D. The record of all drugs sold, administered, dispensed, or otherwise disposed
of, shall show the date of selling, administering, or dispensing, the name and
address of the person to whom or for whose use, or the owner and species of
animal for which the drugs were sold, administered or dispensed, and the kind
and quantity of drugs. Any person selling, administering, dispensing or
otherwise disposing of such drugs shall make and sign such record at the time of
each transaction. The keeping of a record required by or under the federal laws,
containing substantially the same information as is specified above, shall
constitute compliance with this section, except that every such record shall
contain a detailed list of any drugs lost, destroyed or stolen, the kind and
quantity of such drugs, and the date of the discovery of such loss, destruction
or theft. The form of records shall be prescribed by the Board.

E. Whenever any registrant or licensee discovers a theft or any other unusual
loss of any controlled substance, he shall immediately report such theft or loss
to the Board. If the registrant or licensee is unable to determine the exact
kind and quantity of the drug loss, he shall immediately make a complete
inventory of all Schedule I through V drugs.
			Within 30 days after the discovery of a loss of drugs, the registrant or
licensee shall furnish the Board with a listing of the kind, quantity and
strength of such drugs lost.

F. All records required pursuant to this section shall be maintained completely
and accurately for two years from the date of the transaction recorded.

G. Each person authorized to conduct chemical analyses using controlled
substances in the Department of Forensic Science shall comply with the inventory
requirements set forth in subsections A through F; however, the following
substances shall not be required to be included in such inventory: (i)
controlled substances on hand at the time of the inventory in a quantity of less
than one kilogram, other than a hallucinogenic controlled substance listed in
Schedule I of this chapter; or (ii) hallucinogenic controlled substances, other
than lysergic acid diethylamide, on hand at the time of the inventory in a
quantity of less than 20 grams; or (iii) lysergic acid diethylamide on hand at
the time of the inventory in a quantity of less than 0.5 grams. Further, no
inventory shall be required of known or suspected controlled substances that
have been received as evidentiary materials for analyses by the Department of
Forensic Science.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 650, § 54-524.56; 1972, c. 798; 1978, c. 833; 1979, c. 435;
1980, c. 203; 1982, c. 278; 1988, c. 765; 1998, c. 105; 2004, c. 51; 2005, cc.
868, 881.