Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS · Chapter 4. PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES · Article 5. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

26-4-89. Selling or dispensing prescription drugs by vending machine.

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

(a)
Any person who shall sell or dispense prescription drugs by the use of vending machines shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#
(b)
A remote automated medication system shall not be considered a vending machine for purposes of this Code section.#

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, § 26-4-89, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 686, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 26; Ga. L. 2011, p. 308, § 8/HB 457; Ga. L. 2024, p. 293, § 3/SB 395, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, inserted “prescription” in subsection (a).

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

Text read from t25-t26-(v21)-pdf.pdf, Volume V21, 2023 edition, 2025 supplement, page 77; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 dee9b563c5d6.