CODE OF VIRGINIA

REFUSAL; REVOCATION; SUSPENSION AND DENIAL (§ 54.1-3316)

The Board may refuse to admit an applicant to any examination; refuse to issue a
license, permit, certificate, or registration to any applicant; or reprimand,
impose a monetary penalty, place on probation, impose such terms as it may
designate, suspend for a stated period of time or indefinitely, or revoke any
license, permit, certificate, or registration if it finds that an applicant or a
person holding a license, permit, certificate, or registration:

   1.  Has been negligent in the practice of pharmacy or in any activity
   requiring a license, permit, certificate, or registration from the Board;

   2.  Has engaged in unprofessional conduct specified in regulations promulgated
   by the Board;

   3.  Has become incompetent to practice pharmacy or to engage in any activity
   requiring a license, permit, certificate, or registration from the Board
   because of a mental or physical condition;

   4.  Uses drugs or alcohol to the extent that he is rendered unsafe to practice
   pharmacy or to engage in any activity requiring a license, permit,
   certificate, or registration from the Board;

   5.  Has engaged in or attempted any fraud or deceit in connection with the
   practice of pharmacy or any activity requiring a license, permit, certificate,
   or registration from the Board, including any application to the Board for
   such license, permit, certificate, or registration;

   6.  Has engaged in activities beyond the scope of a license, permit,
   certificate, or registration or has assisted or allowed unlicensed persons to
   engage in the practice of pharmacy or perform duties related to the practice
   of pharmacy for which a license or registration is required;

   7.  Has violated or cooperated with others in violating any provisions of law
   or regulation relating to practice of pharmacy or any activity requiring a
   license, permit, certificate, or registration from the Board;

   8.  Has had revoked or suspended any registration issued by the United States
   Drug Enforcement Administration or other federal agency that is necessary to
   conduct an activity also requiring a license, permit, certificate, or
   registration from the Board;

   9.  Has engaged in the theft or diversion of controlled substances or has
   violated any federal drug law or any drug law of Virginia or of another state;

   10.  Has had denied, suspended, or revoked in any other state a license to
   practice pharmacy or any license, permit, certificate, or registration
   necessary to conduct an activity requiring a license, permit, certificate, or
   registration from the Board, or has surrendered in another state such license,
   permit, certificate, or registration;

   11.  Has been convicted of any felony or of any misdemeanor involving moral
   turpitude;

   12.  Has issued or published statements intended to deceive or defraud about
   his professional service or an activity requiring a license, permit,
   certificate, or registration from the Board;

   13.  Has conducted his practice, or activity requiring a license, permit,
   certificate, or registration from the Board in such a manner as to be a danger
   to the health and welfare of the public; or

   14.  Has failed to comply with requirements of this chapter or any regulation
   of the Board relating to continuing education.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 798, § 54-524.22:1; 1976, c. 614; 1977, c. 86; 1982, c. 401;
1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 868; 1994, c. 296; 2007, c. 662.