Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 13. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES · Article 2. REGULATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES · Part 1. SCHEDULES, OFFENSES, AND PENALTIES

16-13-56.1. Opioids; notification of addictive risks.

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(a)
As used in this Code section, the term “opioids” means opiates, opioids, opioid analgesics, and opioid derivatives.#
(b)
A prescriber who issues a prescription for an opioid shall provide the patient receiving the prescription information on the addictive risks of using opioids and information on options available for safely disposing of any unused opioids where such options exist. Such information may be provided verbally or in writing.#

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

Code 1981, § 16-13-56.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 2-1/HB 249.

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For article on the 2017 enactment of this Code section, see 34 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 143 (2017).

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