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title: O.C.G.A. § 26-4-4. Definition of “practice of pharmacy.”
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# O.C.G.A. § 26-4-4. Definition of “practice of pharmacy.”

The “practice of pharmacy” means the interpretation, evaluation, or dispensing of prescription drug orders in the patient’s best interest; participation in drug and device selection, drug administration, drug regimen reviews, and drug or drug related research; provision of patient counseling and the provision of those acts or services necessary to provide pharmacy care; performing capillary blood tests and interpreting the results as a means to screen for or monitor disease risk factors and facilitate patient education, and a pharmacist performing such functions shall report the results obtained from such blood tests to the patient’s physician of choice; and the responsibility for compounding and labeling of drugs and devices.

## History

Code 1981, § 26-4-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 686, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 277, § 1.