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HOUSE BILL NO. 1307 Offered January 26, 1998 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3412.1, relating to drug expiration date. ---------- Patron-- May ---------- Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-3412.1 as follows:

§ 54.1-3412.1. Drug expiration date.

The pharmacist dispensing any prescription shall include on the label of the container the approximate expiration date for that drug according to the date provided by the manufacturer on the drug batch from which the prescription was made. If special storage conditions are required, then that information shall also be provided to the patient, either on the container or in the patient counseling information.