Opioids Defined; Notification of Addictive Risks

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  1. As used in this Code section, the term "opioids" means opiates, opioids, opioid analgesics, and opioid derivatives.
  2. A prescriber who issues a prescription for an opioid shall provide the patient receiving the prescription information on the addictive risks of using opioids and information on options available for safely disposing of any unused opioids where such options exist. Such information may be provided verbally or in writing.

(Code 1981, §16-13-56.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 319, § 2-1/HB 249.)

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2017 enactment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 143 (2017).

PART 2 PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM DATA BASE

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2011 enactment of this part, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 269 (2011).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Access to data base.

- Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses cannot access the GAPDMP data base as dispensers or as practitioners authorized to dispense under the Georgia Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, but nurses may be able to access the GAPDMP data base as delegates of physicians who do have the authority to prescribe or dispense. 2016 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 16-7.


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