(3.1) “Dispense” means to issue one or more doses of any drug in a suitable container with appropriate labeling for subsequent administration to, or use by, a patient.
(5.1) “Job description” shall have the same meaning as in Code Section 43-34-102.
which organization provides that those medical services and dangerous drugs which are ordered or dispensed by its physician assistants and nurses will be provided at no cost to the patient or at a cost based solely upon the patient’s ability to pay; and
and that nurse or physician assistant orders or dispenses such drugs in conformity with subsection (b) of Code Section 26-4-130 and the rules and regulations established pursuant thereto by the State Board of Pharmacy.
History. Code 1981, § 43-34-26.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 261, § 3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 43; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 43; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 43; Ga. L. 1997, p. 935, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 43; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 43; Ga. L. 2006, p. 125, § 8/SB 480; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Code 1981, § 43-34-23 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509; Ga. L. 2011, p. 441, § 1/HB 303; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-1/HB 214; Ga. L. 2022, p. 352, § 43/HB 1428.
The 2022 amendment, effective May 2, 2022, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “or clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric/mental health” for “or clinical nurse specialist, psychiatric/mental health” in division (b)(1)(A)(ii).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1989, “this article and Articles 4 and 6” was substituted for “Articles 2, 4, and 6” in subsection (e).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2009, “assistant” was inserted after “physician” in the undesignated language at the end of paragraph (b)(3).
Editor’s notes.
For application of this statute in 2021, see Executive Orders 01.22.21.07, 06.30.21.02, 07.22.21.02, 08.19.21.02, and 09.20.21.02.
A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2021 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders.
Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509, effective July 1, 2009, redesignated former Code Section 43-34-23 as present Code Section 43-34-4.
Law reviews.
For note on 1989 enactment of this Code section, see 6 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 304 (1989).
For article on 2006 amendment of this Code section, see 23 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 209 (2006).
For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).
Structure Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
§ 43-34-22. Practicing Medicine Without a License; Titles and Abbreviations; Exceptions
§ 43-34-23. Delegation of Authority to Nurse or Physician Assistant
§ 43-34-24. Drug Therapy Management; Modification by Pharmacist
§ 43-34-26.1. Vaccine Protocol Agreements
§ 43-34-27. Licensing Aliens; Licensing Canadian Medical School Graduates
§ 43-34-28. Reciprocity; Expedited License
§ 43-34-29.1. Administrative Medicine Licenses; Definitions; Requirements; Rules of Board
§ 43-34-29.3. Provider Defined; Exemption From Licensing Requirement; Reciprocating Between States
§ 43-34-31.1. Licensing of Telemedicine Physicians; Revocation
§ 43-34-32. Temporary Licenses
§ 43-34-33. Institutional Licenses
§ 43-34-34. Limited Provisional Licenses
§ 43-34-35. Issuance of License Upon Presentation of Evidence of Required Qualifications
§ 43-34-36. Passing Upon Good Standing and Reputation of Medical and Osteopathic Colleges
§ 43-34-39. Injunctions; Violations of Article as Constituting Nuisance
§ 43-34-40. Fraudulently Obtaining or Selling Records; Fraudulent Use of Terms
§ 43-34-41. Special Licenses for Volunteers
§ 43-34-44. Role of Medical Assistants Clarified
§ 43-34-45. Polysomnography; Practice
§ 43-34-46. Maintenance of Certification Programs
§ 43-34-47. Regulation of Sedation and Rescue in Office Based Surgeries; Failure to Comply