3VAC5-70-200: Grain alcohol; permits; qualifications; records; refusal, suspension, or revocation

A. The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (authority) may issue a yearly permit authorizing the permittee to purchase grain alcohol with a proof greater than 151 at government stores for any of the following purposes:

1. Industrial use, not to include the manufacturing of products intended for human consumption; or

2. Medical use by a federal or state board-licensed medical professional or hospital.

B. The application for such permits shall be on forms provided by the authority.

C. Permits may be issued to legitimate businesses for any one or more of the purposes stated in subsection A of this section upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of the conduct of the business activity involved. For good cause shown, the authority may issue a permit to an individual for any of the uses stated in subsection A of this section.

D. A person obtaining a permit shall maintain complete and accurate records of all purchases for a period of two years. The authority and its special agents shall have free access during reasonable hours to all records required to be kept pursuant to this section.

E. The authority may refuse to issue, suspend, or revoke a permit if the authority has reasonable cause to believe that (i) the permittee would use, has used, or allowed to be used grain alcohol for any unlawful purpose, (ii) any cause exists under § 4.1-222 of the Code of Virginia for which the authority may refuse to grant the applicant any license, or (iii) the permittee has done any act for which the authority might suspend or revoke a license under § 4.1-225 of the Code of Virginia.