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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 13. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES · Article 2. REGULATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES · Part 2. PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM DATA BASE

16-13-65. Exceptions.

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

  1. (a)

    This part shall not apply to any veterinarian.#

  2. (b)

    This part shall not apply to any drug, substance, or immediate precursor classified as an exempt over-the-counter (OTC) Schedule V controlled substance pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to board rules established in accordance with Code Section 16-13-29.2.#

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, § 16-13-65, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 659, § 2/SB 36; Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 1-2/HB 249; Ga. L. 2024, p. SB 448, § 3(15)/SB 448, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “over-the-counter” for “over the counter” in subsection (b).

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 1-1/HB 249, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This part shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Jeffrey Dallas Gay, Jr., Act.’”

Law reviews

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

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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 597 to 598; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 36dbab616896.