Bill Text: VA SB226 | 2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Prescription Monitoring Program; veterinarians.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0772) [SB226 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-SB226-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§54.1-2519, 54.1-2521, and 54.1-2522 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§54.1-2519. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Administer" means the direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by (i) a practitioner or, under the practitioner's direction, his authorized agent or (ii) the patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner.
"Bureau" means the Virginia Department of State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Drug Diversion Unit.
"Controlled substance" means a drug, substance or immediate precursor in Schedules I through VI of the Drug Control Act, Chapter 34 (§54.1-3400 et seq.) of this title.
"Covered substance" means all controlled substances included in Schedules II, III, and IV and all drugs of concern that are required to be reported to the Prescription Monitoring Program, pursuant to this chapter.
"Department" means the Virginia Department of Health Professions.
"Director" means the Director of the Virginia Department of Health Professions.
"Dispense" means to deliver a controlled substance
to an ultimate user or, research subject, or owner of an
animal patient by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner,
including the prescribing and administering, packaging, labeling or compounding
necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery.
"Dispenser" means a person or entity that (i) is authorized by law to dispense a covered substance or to maintain a stock of covered substances for the purpose of dispensing, and (ii) dispenses the covered substance to a citizen of the Commonwealth regardless of the location of the dispenser, or who dispenses such covered substance from a location in Virginia regardless of the location of the recipient.
"Drug of concern" means any drug or substance, including any controlled substance or other drug or substance, where there has been or there is the potential for abuse and that has been identified by the Board of Pharmacy pursuant to §54.1-3456.1.
"Prescriber" means a practitioner licensed in the Commonwealth who is authorized pursuant to §§54.1-3303 and 54.1-3408 to issue a prescription for a covered substance or a practitioner licensed in another state to so issue a prescription for a covered substance.
"Recipient" means a person who receives a covered substance from a dispenser and includes the owner of an animal patient.
"Relevant health regulatory board" means any such
board that licenses persons or entities with the authority to prescribe or
dispense covered substances, including, but not limited to, the Board of
Dentistry, the Board of Medicine, the Board of Veterinary Medicine, and
the Board of Pharmacy.
§54.1-2521. Reporting requirements.
A. The failure by any person subject to the reporting requirements set forth in this section and the Department's regulations to report the dispensing of covered substances shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the relevant health regulatory board.
B. Upon dispensing a covered substance, a dispenser of such covered substance shall report the following information:
1. The recipient's name and address.
2. The recipient's date of birth.
3. The covered substance that was dispensed to the recipient.
4. The quantity of the covered substance that was dispensed.
5. The date of the dispensing.
6. The prescriber's identifier number.
7. The dispenser's identifier number.
8. The method of payment for the prescription.
9. Any other non-clinical information that is designated by the Director as necessary for the implementation of this chapter in accordance with the Department's regulations.
10. Any other information specified in regulations promulgated by the Director as required in order for the Prescription Monitoring Program to be eligible to receive federal funds.
C. Except as provided in subdivision 7 of §54.1-2522, in cases where the ultimate user of a covered substance is an animal, the dispenser shall report the relevant information required by subsection B for the owner of the animal.
D. The reports required herein shall be made to the Department or its agent within 24 hours or the dispenser's next business day, whichever comes later, and shall be made and transmitted in such manner and format and according to the standards and schedule established in the Department's regulations.
§54.1-2522. Reporting exemptions.
The dispensing of covered substances under the following circumstances shall be exempt from the reporting requirements set forth in § 54.1-2521:
1. Dispensing of manufacturers' samples of such covered substances or of covered substances dispensed pursuant to an indigent patient program offered by a pharmaceutical manufacturer.
2. Dispensing of covered substances by a practitioner of the healing arts to his patient in a bona fide medical emergency or when pharmaceutical services are not available.
3. Administering of covered substances.
4. Dispensing of covered substances within an appropriately licensed narcotic maintenance treatment program.
5. Dispensing of covered substances to inpatients in hospitals or nursing facilities licensed by the Board of Health or facilities that are otherwise authorized by law to operate as hospitals or nursing homes in the Commonwealth.
6. Dispensing of covered substances to inpatients in hospices licensed by the Board of Health.
7. Dispensing of covered substances by veterinarians to animals within the usual course of their professional practice for a course of treatment to last seven days or less.
8. Dispensing of covered substances as otherwise provided in the Department's regulations.
