TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF PHARMACY

Initial Agency Notice

Title of Regulation: 18VAC110-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy.

Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: David P. Byrd.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: Promulgate a regulation to add Tramadol and Tramadol/APAP to Schedule IV because of the abuse problems and to have those drugs reportable to the Prescription Monitoring Program.

Agency's Plan for Disposition of the Request: The board will receive public comment on the petition for rulemaking and will review the petition and any comment at its meeting on June 2, 2010, to make a decision on whether to initiate rulemaking.

Public Comment Deadline: April 28, 2010.

Agency Contact: Elizabeth Scott Russell, Executive Director, Board of Pharmacy, 9960 Mayland Drive, Henrico, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4456, FAX (804) 527-4472, or email scotti.russell@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R10-42; Filed March 10, 2010, 9:48 a.m.