54.1-2522 - Reporting exemptions.
§ 54.1-2522. Reporting exemptions.
The dispensing of covered substances under the following circumstances shallbe exempt from the reporting requirements set forth in § 54.1-2521:
1. Dispensing of manufacturers' samples of such covered substances or ofcovered substances dispensed pursuant to an indigent patient program offeredby a pharmaceutical manufacturer.
2. Dispensing of covered substances by a practitioner of the healing arts tohis patient in a bona fide medical emergency or when pharmaceutical servicesare not available.
3. Administering of covered substances.
4. Dispensing of covered substances within an appropriately licensed narcoticmaintenance treatment program.
5. Dispensing of covered substances to inpatients in hospitals or nursingfacilities licensed by the Board of Health or facilities that are otherwiseauthorized by law to operate as hospitals or nursing homes in theCommonwealth.
6. Dispensing of covered substances to inpatients in hospices licensed by theBoard of Health.
7. Dispensing of covered substances by veterinarians to animals within theusual course of their professional practice.
8. Dispensing of covered substances as otherwise provided in the Department'sregulations.
(2002, c. 481.)