CHAPTER 396

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-415, 54-416 and 54-440 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to powers of the State Board of Pharmacy and to
dangerous drugs.

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Approved April 3, 1954
Be it enacted by the Genera] Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 54-415, 54-416 and 54-440 of the Code of Virginia be amended
and reenacted as follows:

§ 54-415. The Board shall regulate the practice of pharmacy and
the sale of poisons and dangerous drugs, control the character and standard
of all drugs and medicines dispensed in the State, investigate all com-
plaints as to the quality and strength of all drugs and medicines and take
such action as may be necessary to prevent the sale of such drugs and
medicines as do not conform to the requirement of law.

§ 54-416. The Board may * subject to the provisions of Chapter 1.1
of Title 9 of the Code make such * rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with the laws of the State, as may be necessary for the lawful * exercise
of its powers.
§ 54-440. In this article, * the words “dangerous drugs’ shall
include:

(1) Every drug or device which because of its toxicity or other
potentiality for harmful effect, or the method of its use, or the collateral
measures necessary to its use, is not generally recognized among experts,
qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate its safety and
efficacy, as safe for use except by or under the supervision of a practitioner
licensed by law to prescribe or administer such drug or device.

(2) Every potentially harmful drug or preparaation, the labeling of
which does not bear or contain full and adequate directions for safe self-
medication, with, such drug or preparation.

(3) (a) Diethy!] barbituric acid (barbital), by whatsover trade name
or designation ; or any compound, preparation, mixture or solution thereof ;
or any salt or derivative thereof or of barbituric acid possessing hypnotic
properties or effects; or any other compound, mixture or preparation or
derivative that may be used for producing hypnotic effects.

(b) Sulfanilamide (para-amino-benzene-sulfonamide), sulfathiazole,
sulfapyridine, sulfadiazine, sulfa guanidine and any sulfanilamide deriva-
tives by whatsoever trade name or designation, or any related compound,
preparation, mixture or salt thereof; or any salt or derivative thereof; or
any preparation or mixture containing any of them.

(c) Hormones, or hormone drug preparations, whether of natural
origin, prepared from the so-called glands of internal secretion or en-
docrine glands, or whether synthetically produced, by whatsoever trade
name or designation, or any compound or mixture thereof; except prepara-
tions intended for external use containing hormones in combination with
other ingredients unfit for internal administration.

(d) Amphetamine, desoxyephedrine, or compounds, mixtures and
derivatives thereof. )

(e) The antibiotics penicillin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, chlorte-
tracycline, oxytetracycline or compounds, mixtures and derivatives thereof.

(4) Any drug or preparation which is a derivative of one or more
of the drugs or preparations enumerated in or covered by paragraphs (1),
(2), or (8) of this section.

For purposes of this section, the word derivative shall be construed
to mean any article which is derived or prepared from any drug or prepara-
tion covered by this section, by any method including actual or theoretical
chemical reaction.