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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 5. Department of Health
Chapter 421. Food Regulations
9/15/2025

12VAC5-421-3460. Medicines - restriction and storage.

A. No food establishment may display medicines other than medicines for retail sale.Pf

B. No food establishment may store medicines other than the following:

1. Medicines for the use of children in a day care center;P

2. Medicines that are referenced in § 8.01-225 A 17 of the Code of Virginia;P and

3. Medicines that are necessary for the health of employees.P

C. Medicines that are stored or displayed in a food establishment shall be labeled as specified under 12VAC5-421-3320 and located to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service and single-use articles.P

Statutory Authority

§§ 35.1-11 and 35.1-14 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 18, Issue 10, eff. March 1, 2002; amended, Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 7, eff. January 1, 2010; Volume 32, Issue 22, eff. July 12, 2016; Volume 41, Issue 22, eff. July 31, 2025.

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