O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 26-3-15 (2019)

Labeling or advertisement of a drug as an antiseptic

✓ 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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The representation of a drug in its labeling or advertisement as an antiseptic shall be considered to be a representation that it is a germicide, except in the case of a drug purporting to be or represented as an antiseptic for inhibitory use as a wet dressing, ointment, dusting powder, or such other use as involves prolonged contact with the body.

History

Ga. L. 1961, p. 529, § 2; Code 1933,

§ 79A-1002, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 296, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 3 Am. Jur. 2d, Advertising, §§ 2, 6. 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Drugs and Controlled Substances, § 1 et seq. 32 Am. Jur. 2d, False Pretenses, § 79 et seq. C.J.S. 20 C.J.S., Cosmetic, § 1 et seq. 28 C.J.S., Drugs and Narcotics, §§ 2, 19-21. 37 C.J.S., Fraud, § 85 et seq. ALR. Provisions of statutes against mis-

branding or false labeling of food, drug, or cosmetic products, as applicable to literature other than that attached to product itself, 143 A.L.R. 1453. Promotional efforts directed toward prescribing physician as affecting prescription drug manufacturer’s liability for product-caused injury, 94 A.L.R.3d 1080.