Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS · Chapter 5. DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

26-5-7. License requirement; validity.

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

Effective January 1, 2026.In force today: Effective January 1, 2026.

No governing body shall operate a drug abuse treatment and education program without having a valid license or provisional license issued pursuant to this article. Any license or provisional license issued to a program by the Department of Community Health on December 31, 2025, shall be valid until revoked or renewed by the department, surrendered by the licensee, or otherwise terminated.

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. 1972, p. 714, § 6; Ga. L. 1985, p. 476, § 6; Ga. L. 2017, p. 307, § 2/SB 88; Ga. L. 2025, p. 177, § 1-3/HB 584, effective January 1, 2026.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 26-5-7 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective January 1, 2026. For version effective until January 1, 2026, see the preceding version.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective January 1, 2026, added the second sentence.

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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 88; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 dee9b563c5d6.

Effective until January 1, 2026.No longer in force as printed (Effective until January 1, 2026.)

No governing body shall operate a drug abuse treatment and education program without having a valid license or provisional license issued pursuant to this article.

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. 1972, p. 714, § 6; Ga. L. 1985, p. 476, § 6; Ga. L. 2017, p. 307, § 2/SB 88.

Delayed effective date

Code Section 26-5-7 is set out twice in this Code. This version is effective until January 1, 2026. For version effective January 1, 2026, see the following version.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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 88; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 dee9b563c5d6.

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