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It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 171; in 1968, chapter 582; in 1970, chapter 650; in 1972, chapter 798; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1989, chapter 510.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":368382,"section_number":"54.1-2914","catch_line":"Sale of controlled substances and medical devices or appliances; requirements for vision care services","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2914\/"},{"id":368653,"section_number":"54.1-3304.1","catch_line":"Authority to license and regulate practitioners; permits","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3304.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1470111,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368650,"identifier":"54.1-3302","token":"54.1\/III\/33\/1\/54.1-3302","url":"\/54.1-3302\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3302\/","token":"54.1\/III\/33\/1\/54.1-3302","dublin_core":{"Title":"Restrictions on practitioners of the healing arts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3302","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A practitioner of the healing arts shall not sell or <span class=\"dictionary\">dispense<\/span> controlled substances except as provided in \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Sale of controlled substances and medical devices or appliances; requirements for vision care services\" href=\"\/54.1-2914\/\">54.1-2914<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Authority to license and regulate practitioners; permits\" href=\"\/54.1-3304.1\/\">54.1-3304.1<\/a>. Such exceptions shall extend only to his own patients unless he is licensed to practice <span class=\"dictionary\">pharmacy<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESTRICTIONS ON PRACTITIONERS OF THE HEALING ARTS (\u00a7 54.1-3302)\n\nA practitioner of the healing arts shall not sell or dispense controlled\nsubstances except as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 54.1-2914 and 54.1-3304.1. Such exceptions\nshall extend only to his own patients unless he is licensed to practice\npharmacy.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 54-481; 1966, c. 171; 1968, c. 582, \u00a7 54-524.53; 1970,\nc. 650; 1972, c. 798; 1988, c. 765; 1989, c. 510.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}