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SENATE BILL NO. 654 Offered January 26, 1998 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3420.2, relating to prescription drug delivery. ---------- Patrons-- Edwards; Delegate: Darner ---------- Referred to the Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-3420.2 as follows:

§ 54.1-3420.2. Delivery of prescription drug order.

Whenever any pharmacy permitted to operate in this Commonwealth or nonresident pharmacy registered to conduct business in the Commonwealth delivers a prescription drug order by mail, common carrier, or delivery service to the patient or his agent at the person's residence or other designated location, the following conditions shall be required:

1. Shipping containers which ensure drug stability and potency by maintaining the storage temperature set forth in the United States Pharmacopoeial XXII-NF XVII for recommended conditions as commonly specified on product labels;

2. Written notice shall be placed in each shipment alerting the consumer that under certain circumstances chemical degradation of drugs may occur;

3. Written notice shall be placed in each shipment of the individual drug sensory warning indicators which identify chemical degradation of the product shipped; and

4. Written notice shall be placed in each shipment, providing a toll-free consumer access telephone number which is dedicated solely to responding to consumer questions pertaining to chemical degradation of drugs.