SENATE BILL NO. 1318

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the House Committee on Health and Human Services

on ________________)

(Patron Prior to Substitute—Senator McPike)

A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-3305 of the Code of Virginia and to direct the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations authorizing emergency medical services agencies and regional emergency medical services councils to obtain a controlled substances registration, relating to Board of Pharmacy; membership.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Board of Pharmacy shall promulgate regulations authorizing emergency medical services (EMS) agencies and regional EMS councils to obtain a controlled substance registration under 18VAC110-20-690 and 18VAC110-20-710 of the Virginia Administrative Code. Such regulations shall specify that a properly registered fire station or properly registered EMS station that is fully staffed shall be allowed to store controlled substances in an automated dispensing device that is located in a locked room with an access control device and camera monitoring system without requiring a third-party security system.

2. That § 54.1-3305 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 54.1-3305. Board; membership; terms; meetings; quorum; officers; executive director.

The Board of Pharmacy shall consist of ten 10 members, as follows: eight licensed pharmacists who are graduates of an approved school or college of pharmacy, and two nonlegislative citizen members. At least one member shall be a licensed pharmacist, medical director, or active paramedic who is a representative from a locality or an emergency medical services agency in the Commonwealth. The terms of office of the members shall be four years.

The Board shall meet at least annually at such times and places, and upon such notice as the Board may determine and as its business may require. A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

The Board shall annually elect from its members a chairman.

There shall be an executive director for the Board of Pharmacy who shall be licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth as a pharmacist.