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 54.1-3443 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Jennifer Nicole Brandt.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: The petitioner requests that the board amend 18VAC110-20-322 to include mitragynine and 7-hydroxymytragynine, the active alkaloids found in kratom, in Schedule I.

Agency Plan for Disposition of Request: The petition for rulemaking will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on May 6, 2024. The petition will also be published on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov. Public comment on the petition will be received from May 6, 2024, to June 5, 2024. The board will consider the petition and all comments in support or opposition at the next meeting after the close of public comment, currently scheduled for June 25, 2024. The petitioner will be notified of the board's decision after that meeting.

Public Comment Deadline: June 5, 2024.

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

VA.R. Doc. No. PFR24-32; Filed April 11, 2024, 1:05 p.m.