18 Va. Admin. Code § 110-30-10
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Board" means the Virginia Board of Pharmacy.
"Controlled substance" means a drug, substance or immediate precursor in Schedules I through VI of the Drug Control Act.
"Licensee" means a practitioner who is licensed by the Board of Pharmacy to sell controlled substances.
"Personal supervision" means the licensee must be physically present and render direct, personal control over the entire service being rendered or acts being performed. Neither prior nor future instructions shall be sufficient nor shall supervision be rendered by telephone, written instructions, or by any mechanical or electronic methods.
"Practitioner" or "practitioner of the healing arts" means a doctor of medicine, osteopathic medicine or podiatry who possesses a current active license issued by the Board of Medicine. For the purpose of a limited-use permit for a nonprofit facility, a "practitioner" or "practitioner of the healing arts" may also mean a physician assistant with a current active license issued by the Board of Medicine or a nurse practitioner with a current active license issued by the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine.
"Sale" means barter, exchange, or gift, or offer thereof, and each such transaction made by any person, whether as an individual, proprietor, agent, servant or employee. It does not include the gift of manufacturer's samples to a patient.
"Special packaging" means packaging that is designed or constructed to be significantly difficult for children under five years of age to open or obtain a toxic or harmful amount of the controlled substance contained therein within a reasonable time and not difficult for normal adults to use properly, but does not mean packaging which all such children cannot open or obtain a toxic or harmful amount within a reasonable time.
"U.S.P. -N.F." means the United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary.
18 Va. Admin. Code § 110-30-10
Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3307 of the Code of Virginia.