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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 13. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

16-13-4. Approval by Food and Drug Administration as prerequisite to sale of controlled substances and dangerous drugs.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    No controlled substance or dangerous drug shall be sold for dispensing unless the controlled substance, as defined in Code Section 16-13-21, or the dangerous drug, as defined in Code Section 16-13-71:#

    1. (1)

      Is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for resale;#

    2. (2)

      Has a new approved drug application number (known as an NDA number) unless excepted by the Food and Drug Administration; or#

    3. (3)

      Has an approved abbreviated new drug application number (known as an ANDA number) unless excepted by the Food and Drug Administration.#

  2. (b)

    Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1981, p. 557, § 6; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1219, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 16.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t16-ch12-17-(v14b)-2024-pdf.pdf, Volume V14B, 2024 edition, pages 241 to 242; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 36dbab616896.