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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 13. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES · Article 3. DANGEROUS DRUGS

16-13-73. Labeling prescription containers of dangerous drugs.

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

  1. (a)

    Whenever a pharmacist dispenses a dangerous drug, he shall, in each case, place upon the container the following information:#

    1. (1)

      Name of the patient;#

    2. (2)

      Name of the practitioner prescribing the drug;#

    3. (3)

      The expiration date, if any, of the drug;#

    4. (4)

      Name and address of the pharmacy from which the drug was dispensed; and#

    5. (5)

      The date of the prescription.#

  2. (b)

    Any pharmacist who dispenses a dangerous drug and fails to place the label required by subsection (a) of this Code section upon the container of such drug shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#

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. 1939, p. 288, § 3; Code 1933, §§ 79A-705, 79A-9908, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 296, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 406, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 16; Ga. L. 2015, p. 883, § 7/HB 211.

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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 696 to 697; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 36dbab616896.