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2013 SESSION
12100947DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-3408.01:1 as follows:
§ 54.1-3408.01:1. Required check of the Prescription Monitoring Program.
Any prescriber who prescribes a controlled substance included in Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV of the Drug Control Act (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.) to a patient for a period of more than 90 days shall request and review information about that patient from the Prescription Monitoring Program for the purpose of establishing the treatment history of the patient. Thereafter, the prescriber shall request and review such information about the patient at least annually, for so long as the prescriber continues to prescribe the controlled substance to the patient.