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This provision shall not apply to manufacturers or packers of medicated feeds who manufacture or pack no other drugs. Medicated feeds are hereby defined as products obtained by mixing a commercial feed and a drug.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1374294,"text":"No drugs or proprietary medicines shall be manufactured, made, produced, packed, packaged, repackaged, relabeled or prepared within this Commonwealth, except under the personal and immediate supervision of a pharmacist or such other person as may be approved by the Board of Pharmacy after an investigation and a determination by the Board that they are qualified by scientific or technical training to perform such duties or supervision as may be necessary to protect the public health and safety. This provision shall not apply to manufacturers or packers of medicated feeds who manufacture or pack no other drugs. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1958, chapter 551; in 1970, chapter 650; in 1976, chapter 614; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1996, chapters 37<\/a> and 407<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1470565,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368759,"identifier":"54.1-3438","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/4\/54.1-3438","url":"\/54.1-3438\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3438\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/4\/54.1-3438","dublin_core":{"Title":"Manufacturing, etc., of drugs or proprietary medicines, to be supervised by pharmacist","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3438","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No drugs<\/span> or proprietary medicines<\/span> shall be manufactured, made, produced, packed, packaged, repackaged, relabeled or prepared within this Commonwealth, except under the personal and immediate supervision of a pharmacist or such other person<\/span> as may be approved by the Board<\/span> of Pharmacy after an investigation and a determination by the Board<\/span> that they are qualified by scientific or technical training to perform such duties or supervision as may be necessary to protect the public health and safety. This provision shall not apply to manufacturers<\/span> or packers of medicated feeds who manufacture<\/span> or pack no other drugs<\/span>. Medicated feeds are hereby defined as products obtained by mixing a commercial feed and a drug<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMANUFACTURING, ETC., OF DRUGS OR PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, TO BE SUPERVISED BY\nPHARMACIST (\u00a7 54.1-3438)\n\nNo drugs or proprietary medicines shall be manufactured, made, produced, packed,\npackaged, repackaged, relabeled or prepared within this Commonwealth, except\nunder the personal and immediate supervision of a pharmacist or such other\nperson as may be approved by the Board of Pharmacy after an investigation and a\ndetermination by the Board that they are qualified by scientific or technical\ntraining to perform such duties or supervision as may be necessary to protect\nthe public health and safety. This provision shall not apply to manufacturers or\npackers of medicated feeds who manufacture or pack no other drugs. Medicated\nfeeds are hereby defined as products obtained by mixing a commercial feed and a\ndrug.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 54-447; 1958, c. 551; 1970, c. 650, \u00a7 54-524.37; 1976,\nc. 614; 1988, c. 765; 1996, cc. 37, 407.","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"}}