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title: O.C.G.A. § 26-4-162. Prescriptions by practitioners of the healing arts.
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# O.C.G.A. § 26-4-162. Prescriptions by practitioners of the healing arts.

This article shall not apply to the dispensing of poisons in not unusual quantities or doses, upon the prescriptions of practitioners of the healing arts.

## History

Code 1981, § 26-4-162, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 686, § 1.