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GA HB362
Bill
Status
Passed
4/26/2016
Primary Sponsor
Valerie Clark
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AI Summary
- Restricts retail sales of nonprescription ephedrine and pseudoephedrine products to pharmacies only, removing the prior allowance for sales by general retail distributors such as grocery and convenience stores
- Requires pharmacies, beginning January 1, 2017, to electronically track all sales of nonprescription ephedrine or pseudoephedrine products and submit purchaser information to a real-time electronic logging system approved by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which must generate stop sale alerts when quantity limits are exceeded
- Sets purchase limits at no more than 3.6 grams of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine per day and no more than 9 grams per 30-day period, replacing the prior limit of three packages or nine grams per single transaction
- Removes phenylpropanolamine from the regulated substances covered under this Code section while retaining controls on ephedrine and pseudoephedrine
- Provides that pharmacies complying with the real-time electronic logging system are immune from civil liability absent negligence, wantonness, recklessness, or deliberate misconduct, and establishes a defense for pharmacies whose employees completed Georgia Meth Watch training as it existed on June 30, 2016
Legislative Description
Student health; licensed health practitioners to prescribe albuterol sulfate for schools; authorize
Last Action
Effective Date
7/1/2016
Full Bill Text
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