CHAPTER 625

4n Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-443, 54-444 and 54-445 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to dangerous drugs and medicines.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 54-443, 54-444 and 54-445 of the Code of Virginia be amended
and reenacted as follows:

§ 54-443. No person shall sell or give away any dangerous drug to
a consumer except on the prescription of a * practitioner, lawfully practic-
ing his profession, and licensed by law to prescribe or administer danger-
ous drugs. But no prescription shall be required for any drug mentioned
in subsection (2) of § 54-441.

§ 54-444. Prescriptions for dangerous drugs may not be refilled, *
unless authorized by the prescriber either on the face of the original
prescription or orally by the prescriber or his authorized agent. Oral
instructions shall be reduced promptly to writing by the pharmacist and
filed on or with the original prescription.

§ 54-445. * No dangerous drug may be sold at wholesale except to
registered pharmacies or to physicians who have a permit to dispense drugs
and medicines in accordance with § 54-429, or, for purposes other than
resale, to licensed practitioners lawfully practicing their profession and
licensed by law to prescribe or administer dangerous drugs or medicine or
to hospitals, sanitaria, departments of public health (State and local) or
to any welfare agency either public or private where such purchasers buy
drugs and medicines for the purposes of administration under the super-
vision of a licensed practitioner lawfully practicing his profession. Pro-
vided that nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the * dis-
pensing of dangerous drugs or medicines * in the course of their pro-
fessional practice by * practitioners, lawfully practicing their profession in
this State, and lacensed to prescribe or administer the same.