                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROFESSIONAL USE BY VETERINARIANS (§ 54.1-3409)

A veterinarian may not prescribe controlled substances for human use and shall
only prescribe, dispense or administer a controlled substance in good faith for
use by animals within the course of his professional practice. He may prescribe,
on a written prescription or on oral prescription as authorized by § 54.1-3410.
He may administer drugs, and he may cause them to be administered by an
assistant or orderly under his direction and supervision. Such a prescription
shall be dated and signed by the person prescribing on the day when issued, and
shall bear the full name and address of the owner of the animal, and the species
of the animal for which the drug is prescribed and the full name, address and
registry number, under the federal laws of the person prescribing, if he is
required by those laws to be so registered.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-498; 1956, c. 225; 1970, c. 650, § 54-524.66; 1983,
c. 528; 1988, c. 765.