Aiming to curb prescription drug overdoses, the Georgia Pain Management Clinic Act would require all clinics in the state to be licensed and operated by physicians and would impose minimum standards for prescribing pain medication.
As part of an ongoing state effort to increase regulation on prescription drugs, the Georgia legislature last year approved a database tracking patient prescriptions.
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