Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 8. CARE AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENT AND ELDERLY PATIENTS · Article 10. DRUG REPOSITORY PROGRAM

31-8-304. Rules and regulations; waiver.

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

(a)
No later than January 1, 2017, the Department of Public Health shall establish rules and regulations to implement the program according to the provisions of this article for criteria for eligible recipients; standards and procedures for safely storing and dispensing donated drugs; criteria for eligible patients to receive donated drugs, including priority for patients who are indigent, uninsured, underinsured, or enrolled in a public assistance health benefits program; and handling fees that may be charged by eligible recipients to eligible patients to cover restocking, marketing, administrative, and dispensing costs.#
(b)
The Department of Public Health may waive any provision of this article if it determines that the waiver is in the interest of public health and safety.#

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.

Code 1981, § 31-8-304, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 524, § 1/HB 897.

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