O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-13-73 (2019)

Labeling prescription containers of dangerous drugs

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) Whenever a pharmacist dispenses a dangerous drug, he shall, in each case, place upon the container the following information:

(1) Name of the patient;

(2) Name of the practitioner prescribing the drug;

(3) The expiration date, if any, of the drug;

(4) Name and address of the pharmacy from which the drug was dispensed; and

(5) The date of the prescription.

(b) Any pharmacist who dispenses a dangerous drug and fails to place the label required by subsection (a) of this Code section upon the container of such drug shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Ga. L. 1939, p. 288, § 3; Code 1933, §§ 79A-705, 79A-9908, enacted by Ga. L.

1967, p. 296, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 406, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 16; Ga. L. 2015, p. 883, § 7/HB 211.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 28 C.J.S., Drugs and Narcotics, §§ 103, 104, 135 et seq. ALR. Constitutionality of statutes requiring

notice by label or otherwise of the fact that product is imported, or as to place of production, 124 A.L.R. 572.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1993–1993 · leading case: Walker v. Jack Eckerd Corp., 434 S.E.2d 63 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993).

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Walker v. Jack Eckerd Corp., 434 S.E.2d 63 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 4× “Compare OCGA § 16-13-73. In fact, OCGA § 26-3-8 (b) specifically excepts certain prescription drugs from various statutory labeling and warning requirements.”

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