2025 Code of Georgia
Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (Chs. 1 — 5)
Chapter 4 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies (Arts. 1 — 13)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 1998, p. 686, § 1, effective July 1, 1998, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of Code Sections 26-4-1 through 26-4-12 (Article 1), 26-4-30 through 26-4-41 (Article 2, Part 1), 26-4-50 through 26-4-55 (Article 2, Part 2), 26-4-70 through 26-4-87 (Article 2, Part 3), 26-4-100 through 26-4-123 (Article 2, Part 4), 26-4-130 through 26-4-138 (Article 2, Part 4A), 26-4-140 through 26-4-148 (Article 2, Part 5), 26-4-160 through 26-4-163 (Article 2, Part 6), and was based on Code 1933, § 79A-101 et seq., enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 296, § 1 and Ga. L. 1860, p. 54, § 1, Ga. L. 1876, p. 24 §§ 1-3, Ga. L. 1882, § 4557(a) et seq., Penal Code 1895, § 470 et seq., Penal Code 1910, § 454 et seq., Ga. L. 1927, p. 291, § 14, Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 89, Ga. L. 1933, § 42-701 et seq., Ga. L. 1933, § 84-1314, Ga. L. 1939, p. 228, § 1-3, Ga. L. 1945, p. 421, § 1, Ga. L. 1947, p. 734, §§ 1-2, Ga. L. 1947, p. 1463, §§ 1, 4, Ga. L. 1947, p. 1471, §§ 5, 7, Ga. L. 1953, p. 395, § 1, Ga. L. 1956, p. 345, § 1, Ga. L. 1956, p. 724, § 2, Ga. L. 1957, p. 92, § 1, Ga. L. 1961, p. 529, §§ 19-20, 25, Ga. L. 1962, p. 105, §§ 17, 18, 20, 21, Ga. L. 1964, p. 276, § 1, Ga. L. 1966, p. 254, § 1, Ga. L. 1969, p. 936, § 1, Ga. L. 1970, p. 215, § 1, Ga. L. 1970, p. 465, § 1, Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, §§ 19, 21, Ga. L. 1974, p. 221, § 2, Ga. L. 1974, p. 535, § 1-2, Ga. L. 1975, p. 97, § 1, Ga. L. 1976, p. 675, § 1, Ga. L. 1977, p. 625, §§ 1-6, Ga. L. 1977, p. 1093, § 1, Ga. L. 1978, p. 1668, §§ 1, 4, Ga. L. 1978, p. 1962, §§ 1-3, Ga. L. 1978, p. 1668, § 1-4, Ga. L. 1978, p. 1962, §§ 1, 3, Ga. L. 1979, p. 859, § 1-2, Ga. L. 1980, p. 1746, §§ 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, Ga. L. 1980, p. 1761, § 1, Ga. L. 1981, p. 557, §§ 1, 6, Ga. L. 1981, p. 782, § 1-2, Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 26, Ga. L. 1982, p. 1156, §§ 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, Ga. L. 1982, p. 1264, §§ 1,4, Ga. L. 1982, p. 2403, §§ 1, 2, 22, 23, Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 19, Ga. L. 1983, p. 790, §§ 1, 2, Ga. L. 1983, p. 1441, § 1, Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 26, Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 26, Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 26, Ga. L. 1986, p. 929, § 1, Ga. L. 1986, p. 1031, §§ 2-4, Ga. L. 1986, p. 1603, §§ 1-3, Ga. L. 1987, p. 1131, §§ 1-3, Ga. L. 1989, p. 261, § 1, Ga. L. 1989, p. 509, § 1, Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 26, Ga. L. 1992, p. 1307, § 1, Ga. L. 1992, p. 3137, § 43, Ga. L. 1996, p. 1425, § 1, Ga. L. 1996, p. 1609, §§ 2-9.
Research References & Practice Aids
Administrative rules and regulations.Georgia State Board of Pharmacy, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rule 480-1-.01 et seq.
Law reviews.For comment, “Process Is Due: The World Health Organization Prequalification of Medicines,” see 68 Emory L. J. 645 (2019).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Proof of Facts.Injuries from Drugs, 7 POF3d 1.
Am. Jur. Trials.Drug Products Liability and Malpractice Cases, 17 Am. Jur. Trials 1.
Pharmacist Liability, 32 Am. Jur. Trials 375.
Pharmacist Malpractice: Trial and Litigation Strategy, 78 Am. Jur. Trials 407.
ALR.State and local administrative inspection of and administrative warrants to search pharmacies, 29 A. L. R.4th 264.
Criminal liability of pharmacy or pharmacist for welfare fraud in connection with supplying prescription drugs, 16 A. L. R.5th 390.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 26
- Article 1 - General Provisions (§§ 26-4-1 — 26-4-6)
- Article 2 - State Board of Pharmacy (§§ 26-4-20 — 26-4-30)
- Article 3 - Practice of Pharmacy (§§ 26-4-40 — 26-4-53)
- Article 4 - Discipline (§§ 26-4-60 — 26-4-62)
- Article 5 - Prescription Drugs (§§ 26-4-80 — 26-4-90)
- Article 6 - Pharmacies (§§ 26-4-110 — 26-4-120)
- Article 7 - Practitioners of the Healing Arts (§§ 26-4-130 — 26-4-131)
- Article 8 - Third-Party Prescription Programs (§§ 26-4-140 — 26-4-148)
- Article 9 - Poisons (§§ 26-4-160 — 26-4-163)
- Article 10 - Nuclear Pharmacy Law (§§ 26-4-170 — 26-4-179)
- Article 11 - Utilization of Unused Prescription Drugs (§§ 26-4-190 — 26-4-195)
- Article 12 - Prescription Medication Integrity (§§ 26-4-200 — 26-4-205)
- Article 13 - Safe Medications Practice (§§ 26-4-210 — 26-4-214)