Professions and businesses; expand certain advanced practice registered nurse and physician assistant prescriptive authorizations
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, assistants, and others, so as to expand certain advanced practice registered nurse and physician assistant prescriptive authorizations; to provide for a definition; to increase certain prescriptive authorizations from five-day to 30 day supplies; to remove certain prohibitions on writing prescriptions for minors; to provide for certain prescriptive authorization to order stimulants; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
introduced
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2026
Last action Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 15, 2026
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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