Georgia Code
Part 2 - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Data Base
§ 16-13-64. Violations; Criminal Penalties

History. Code 1981, § 16-13-64 , enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 659, § 2/SB 36; Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 1-2/HB 249.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted “PDMP” for “electronic data base” throughout this Code section; substituted “department” for “agency” near the beginning of subsection (a); substituted “authorized in this part” for “authorized herein” in paragraph (c)(3); deleted former subsection (d), which read: “Any person who is injured by reason of any violation of this part shall have a cause of action for the actual damages sustained and, where appropriate, punitive damages. Such person may also recover attorney’s fees in the trial and appellate courts and the costs of investigation and litigation reasonably incurred.”; and redesignated former subsection (e) as present subsection (d).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 1-1/HB 249, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This part shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Jeffrey Dallas Gay, Jr., Act.’ ”
Law reviews.
For article, “Crimes and Offenses: Controlled Substances,” see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 269 (2011).
For article on the 2017 amendment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 143 (2017).

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