                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTAIN ADVERTISING AND SIGNS UNLAWFUL (§ 54.1-3433)

It shall be unlawful for any place of business which is not a pharmacy as
defined in this chapter to advertise or to have upon it or in it as a sign the
words, &#8220;pharmacy,&#8221; &#8220;pharmacist,&#8221;
&#8220;apothecary,&#8221; &#8220;drugstore,&#8221; &#8220;druggist,&#8221;
&#8220;drugs,&#8221; &#8220;medicine store,&#8221; &#8220;drug sundries,&#8221;
&#8220;prescriptions filled&#8221; or any like words indicating that drugs are
compounded or sold or prescriptions filled. Each day during which such
advertisement appears or such sign is allowed to remain upon or in such place of
business shall constitute a separate offense under this section. Upon
consultation with the Department of Historic Resources, the Board may grant an
exception from this section for such signage on an historic building that
formerly housed a drugstore or pharmacy if that building is individually listed
as a Virginia Historic Landmark, a contributing property in a Virginia Historic
Landmark District, or determined to be eligible for listing by the Department of
Historic Resources, provided that the signage relates to the historic character
of the building.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-477; 1970, c. 650, § 54-524.49; 1988, c. 765; 2005,
c. 97.