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2017 SESSION


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-3456.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to drugs of concern; gabapentin.
[H 2164]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 54.1-3456.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 54.1-3456.1. Drugs of concern.

A. The Board may promulgate regulations designating specific drugs and substances, including any controlled substance or other drug or substance where there has been or there is the actual or relative potential for abuse, as drugs of concern. Drugs or substances designated as drugs of concern shall be reported to the Department of Health Professions and shall be subject to reporting requirements for the Prescription Monitoring Program established pursuant to Chapter 25.2 (§ 54.1-2519 et seq.).

B. Drugs and substances designated as drugs of concern shall include any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the substance Tramadol tramadol or gabapentin, including its salts. Drugs and substances designated as drugs of concern shall not include any non-narcotic nonnarcotic drug that may be lawfully sold over the counter or behind the counter without a prescription.

2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.