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2020 Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 13 - Controlled Substances
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-13-4. Approval by Food and Drug Administration as Prerequisite to Sale of Controlled Substances and Dangerous Drugs
Universal Citation: GA Code § 16-13-4 (2020)
- No controlled substance or dangerous drug shall be sold for dispensing unless the controlled substance, as defined in Code Section 16-13-21, or the dangerous drug, as defined in Code Section 16-13-71:
- Is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for resale;
- Has a new approved drug application number (known as an NDA number) unless excepted by the Food and Drug Administration; or
- Has an approved abbreviated new drug application number (known as an ANDA number) unless excepted by the Food and Drug Administration.
- Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years.
(Ga. L. 1981, p. 557, § 6; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1219, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 16.)
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