HB290: Pharmacy, Board of; specific powers and duties.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 54.1-3307 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-3307. Specific powers and duties of Board.
A. The Board shall regulate the practice of pharmacy and the manufacturing, dispensing, selling, distributing, processing, compounding, or disposal of drugs and devices. The Board shall also control the character and standard of all drugs, cosmetics and devices within the Commonwealth, investigate all complaints as to the quality and strength of all drugs, cosmetics, and devices and take such action as may be necessary to prevent the manufacturing, dispensing, selling, distributing, processing, compounding and disposal of such drugs, cosmetics and devices that do not conform to the requirements of law.
The Board's regulations shall include criteria for:
1. Maintenance of the quality, quantity, integrity, safety and efficacy of drugs or devices distributed, dispensed or administered.
2. Compliance with the prescriber's instructions regarding the drug, its quantity, quality and directions for use.
3. Controls and safeguards against diversion of drugs or devices.
4. Maintenance of the integrity of, and public confidence in, the profession and improving the delivery of quality pharmaceutical services to the citizens of Virginia.
5. Maintenance of complete records of the nature, quantity or quality of drugs or substances distributed or dispensed, and of all transactions involving controlled substances or drugs or devices so as to provide adequate information to the patient, the practitioner or the Board.
6. Control of factors contributing to abuse of legitimately obtained drugs, devices, or controlled substances.
7. Promotion of scientific or technical advances in the practice of pharmacy and the manufacture and distribution of controlled drugs, devices or substances.
8. Impact on costs to the public and within the health care industry through the modification of mandatory practices and procedures not essential to meeting the criteria set out in subdivisions 1 through 7 of this section.
9. Such other factors as may be relevant to, and consistent with, the public health and safety and the cost of rendering pharmacy services.
B. The Board's regulations to implement the criteria set forth
in subsection A shall include, but shall not be limited to, the establishment
and implementation of a pedigree system, as defined in subsection D. The Board
shall structure the implementation of the pedigree with limited application to
certain schedules or certain drugs, upon finding that such drugs are more
subject to counterfeiting., and
shall limit the implementation of a pedigree system to those drugs that have
left the normal distribution channel as defined in subsection D. The pedigree
shall also satisfy the requirements of 21 U.S.C. § 353(e), regarding requirements for wholesale distributors of drugs in interstate
commerce.
C. The Board may collect and examine specimens of drugs, devices and cosmetics that are manufactured, distributed, stored or dispensed in the Commonwealth.
D. For the purposes of this section:
"Normal distribution channel" means a chain of custody for a prescription drug from initial sale by a pharmaceutical manufacturer, through acquisition and sale by one wholesale distributor as defined in § 54.1-3401, that is not exempted pursuant to § 54.1-3401.1, until final sale to a pharmacy or other person dispensing or administering the controlled substance.
"Pedigree" means a paper document or electronic file recording each distribution of a controlled substance from sale by a pharmaceutical manufacturer through acquisition and sale by any wholesale distributor, as defined in § 54.1-3401 and not exempted pursuant to § 54.1-3401.1, until final sale to a pharmacy or other person dispensing or administering the controlled substance. Returns from a pharmacy to the originating wholesale distributor or pharmaceutical manufacturer shall not be subject to the pedigree requirements of this section.