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 and 54.1-3307 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Leslie DuVal.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To require prescriptions for opioids to be valid for a shorter period of time than the current six-month expiration standard for all controlled substances.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: In accordance with Virginia law, the petition has been filed with the Virginia Registrar of Regulations and will be published on March 15, 2021. Comment on the petition may be sent by email or postal mail or posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. Public comment will be requested until April 14, 2021.

Following receipt of all comments on the petition to amend regulations, the board will decide whether to make any changes to the regulatory language in Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy. This matter will be on the board's agenda for its meeting scheduled for June 4, 2021, and the petitioner will be informed of the board's decision after that meeting.

Public Comment Deadline: April 14, 2021.

Agency Contact: Caroline Juran, RPh, Executive Director, Board of Pharmacy, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA, 23233, telephone (804) 367-4456, or email caroline.juran@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. PFR21-20; Filed February 23, 2021, 11:32 a.m.