Virginia § 54.1-3427 - Dispensing drugs without safety closure container
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 54.1-3427 — Dispensing drugs without safety closure container, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 54.1-3427. Dispensing drugs without safety closure container
When a pharmacist receives the request of any person that a drug or drugs for such person to be dispensed by the pharmacist not be placed in a safety closure container, the pharmacist may dispense such drug or drugs in such nonsafety closure container. The delivering pharmacist shall not be civilly liable simply by reason of dispensing a drug or drugs in such a container if the recipient signs a release covering a period of time or a single delivery, which release provides that the recipient releases the pharmacist from civil liability for not using the safety closure container, unless the pharmacist acted with willful and wanton disregard of safety.
1978, c. 839, § 54-524.67:2; 1988, c. 765.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 54.1-3427 ("Dispensing drugs without safety closure container") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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