{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-26-4-4","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 26-4-4","heading":"Definition of “practice of pharmacy.”","body":"The “practice of pharmacy” means the interpretation, evaluation, or dispensing of prescription drug orders in the patient’s best interest; participation in drug and device selection, drug administration, drug regimen reviews, and drug or drug related research; provision of patient counseling and the provision of those acts or services necessary to provide pharmacy care; performing capillary blood tests and interpreting the results as a means to screen for or monitor disease risk factors and facilitate patient education, and a pharmacist performing such functions shall report the results obtained from such blood tests to the patient’s physician of choice; and the responsibility for compounding and labeling of drugs and devices.","path":["TITLE 26 Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics","CHAPTER 4 Pharmacists and Pharmacies","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.26.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"98f06d6f25157197e56484d1d21dce492db67c36810f1b4a32468a437cd327a4","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-26-4-3","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-26-4-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}