                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL; DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL LAW
(§ 54.1-3406)

A. No agent of the Board or agent designated by the Superintendent of the
Department of State Police having knowledge by virtue of his office of any
prescriptions, papers, records, or stocks of drugs shall divulge such knowledge,
except in connection with a criminal investigation authorized by the Attorney
General or attorney for the Commonwealth or with a prosecution or proceeding in
court or before a regulatory board or officer, to which investigation,
prosecution or proceeding the person to whom such prescriptions, papers or
records relate is a subject or party. This section shall not be construed to
prohibit the Board president or his designee and the Director of the Department
of Health Professions from discharging their duties as provided in this title.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; 54.1-2400.2, the Board shall have
the authority to submit to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
information resulting from an inspection or an investigation indicating that a
compounding pharmacy or outsourcing facility may be in violation of federal law
or regulations with the exception of compounding for office-based administration
in accordance with &#xA7; 54.1-3410.2.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-512; 1970, c. 650; 1983, c. 528, § 54-524.58; 1988,
cc. 266, 765; 2015, c. 300.