                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ANALYSIS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (§ 54.1-3407)

A licensed physician or pharmacist may receive controlled substances from or on
behalf of a patient for qualitative or quantitative analysis purposes only,
without an official order form, if within twenty-four hours of its receipt the
physician or pharmacist mails or delivers the entire sample to a laboratory
operated by the Commonwealth and designated by the Board to receive such
substances. If the sample is mailed, it shall be sent by registered or certified
mail, postage prepaid, with return receipt requested. If personally delivered, a
receipt shall be obtained from such laboratory. All receipts or returns shall be
kept on file for three years and shall be available for inspection by the Board
at any reasonable time.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 798, § 54-524.59:1; 1988, c. 765.