                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DENIAL, REVOCATION, SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION, SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS (§
54.1-3434.3)

The Board may deny, revoke, suspend, or take other disciplinary actions against
a nonresident pharmacy registration as provided for in § 54.1-3316.
		The Board shall immediately suspend, without a hearing, the registration of
any nonresident pharmacy upon receipt of documentation by the licensing agency
in the jurisdiction where a nonresident pharmacy registered with the Board is
located, that the nonresident pharmacy has had its license, certificate, permit,
or registration as a pharmacy revoked or suspended by that agency and has not
been reinstated, or if the Board has received notification from the licensing
agency that the pharmacy in the resident state no longer holds a valid unexpired
license, permit, certificate, or registration as a pharmacy. The Board shall
provide written notice of the suspension to the nonresident pharmacy at the
address of record on file with the Board and to the resident-state licensing
agency. The nonresident pharmacy may apply for reinstatement of the registration
only after it has been reinstated by and holds a current and unrestricted
license, certificate, permit, or registration as a pharmacy from the licensing
agency in the jurisdiction where it is located. Such nonresident pharmacy shall
be entitled to a hearing not later than the next regular meeting of the Board
after the expiration of 60 days from the receipt of such application, and shall
have the right to be represented by counsel and to summon witnesses to testify
on its behalf.
		The Board may summarily suspend the registration of any nonresident pharmacy
without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a
hearing, if it finds that there is a substantial danger to the public health or
safety that warrants such action. The Board may meet by telephone conference
call when summarily suspending the registration if a good faith effort to
assemble a quorum of the Board has failed and, in the judgment of a majority of
the members of the Board, the continued dispensing by the nonresident pharmacy
constitutes a substantial danger to the public health or safety. Institution of
proceedings for a hearing shall be provided simultaneously with the summary
suspension. The hearing shall be scheduled within a reasonable time of the date
of the summary suspension. The Board may consider other information concerning
possible violations of Virginia law at a hearing, if reasonable notice is given
to such nonresident pharmacy of the information.
		A nonresident pharmacy with a suspended registration shall not ship, mail, or
deliver any Schedule II through VI drugs into the Commonwealth unless reinstated
by the Board.
		The Board may refer complaints concerning nonresident pharmacies to the
regulatory or licensing agency in the jurisdiction where the pharmacy is
located. The Board may take other disciplinary action against a nonresident
pharmacy in accordance with §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3316 following notice and
the opportunity for a hearing.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 270; 2005, c. 115; 2007, c. 662; 2019, c. 138.