Section 180. Manner of maintaining inventory records for licensees selling controlled substances

Each licensee shall maintain the inventories and records of controlled substances as follows:

1. Inventories and records of all controlled substances listed in Schedule II shall be maintained separately from all other records of the licensee;

2. Inventories and records of controlled substances listed in Schedules III, IV and V may be maintained separately or with records of Schedule VI controlled substances but shall not be maintained with other records of the licensee;

3. All records of Schedule II through V controlled substances shall be maintained at the same location as the stock of controlled substances to which the records pertain except that records maintained in an off-site database shall be retrieved and made available for inspection within 48 hours of a request by the board or an authorized agent;

4. In the event that an inventory is taken as the result of a theft of controlled substances pursuant to § 54.1-3404 of the Drug Control Act of the Code of Virginia, the inventory shall be used as the opening inventory within the current biennial period. Such an inventory does not preclude the taking of the required inventory on the required biennial inventory date;

5. All inventories required by § 54.1-3404 of the Code of Virginia shall be signed and dated by the person taking the inventory and shall indicate whether the inventory was taken prior to the opening of business or after close of business; and

6. All records required by this section shall be filed chronologically.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR530-01-2 § 4.2, eff. May 9, 1990; amended, Volume 08, Issue 13, eff. April 22, 1992; Volume 10, Issue 01, eff. November 3, 1993; Volume 22, Issue 10, eff. February 22, 2006.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3307 of the Code of Virginia.