Georgia Administrative Code

(1) Applicability. All employees who become eligible for coverage under the Flexible Benefit Plan shall be enrolled or permitted to change coverage type only in accordance with these regulations; all employing entities covered by the Act shall administer the Plan and any departme…

(1) Active State Employees. Employees who are actively at work, on approved leave with pay other than personal sickness or disability, or on suspension with pay may participate in the Flexible Benefit Plan if the employee is a regular full-time employee who works a minimum of thi…

(1) Employment. The employee's coverage under the Flexible Benefit Program shall become effective on the first of the month following employment for the full preceding calendar month if the employee is at work on that date. If the employee is not at work on that date, coverage wi…

(1) Open Enrollment Period and Retiree Option Change Period. The open enrollment period and retiree option change period shall be no longer than thirty (30) days duration and shall begin no earlier than four (4) months preceding the beginning of each plan year. The specific dates…

(1) Extended Beneficiary. Persons who lose coverage under the Plan and who meet certain requirements are eligible to continue coverage in the enrolled dental option, vision option, or health care flexible spending account, as required by federal law or these regulations for the p…

(1) Termination from Employment. Termination from employment includes resignation, retirement, abandonment of job, release from job, forfeiture of job, and all other types of termination. Extension of a leave of absence longer than twelve (12) months constitutes a termination of …

(1) Benefit Plan Components. The Council is authorized to establish a flexible employee benefit plan. The plan may provide for deductions or salary reductions for group life insurance, disability insurance, supplemental health and accident insurance, health care or dependent care…

(1) "Commissioner" and "Commissioner of Personnel Administration" are synonymous and mean the chief executive officer of the Department of Administrative Services. The term also includes any person properly designated by the Commissioner to perform any duty of the Commissioner un…

(1) Applicability. No prospective employee who is otherwise qualified shall be employed on and after July 1, 1996, in any capacity by the state or any department or agency thereof, unless the person has completed certification or is certified by a qualified medical practitioner a…

(1) Functions, Duties and Responsibilities of the State Personnel Board. The State Personnel Board shall prescribe the general policies by which the Medical and Physical Examination Program shall be administered. Specific functions of the Board are: (10-31-96/1-31-97) (a) subject…

(1) The Commissioner shall determine the most appropriate method of collecting information about the duties required of specific positions and shall provide the Committee with departmental collected information that describes the essential functions of specific groups of position…

(1) Self-Assessment. Positions that require general health conditions may be included in general standards of medical and physical fitness that provide for the Prospective Employee to assess oneself by completing a questionnaire or statement form. (10-31-96/1-31-97) (2) Limited P…

(1) Departmental Policy. Each department shall establish a written policy that provides the department with an informed opinion when Prospective Employees submit an appeal, regardless of the format under which presented, contesting any requirement of the Medical and Physical Exam…

The entire State of Georgia.

(1) Research. (2) Promotion. (3) Education.

The extent of operation under the statutory authority shall be as determined by the Commission within the limitations of the statutory authority. The Commission shall have the right to determine the activities of the Commission and the expenditure of funds under any one or all of…

The term of operation under this Order shall be for three (3) years beginning July 1, 1979, and ending June 30, 1982, unless extended as provided by law.

(1) The approval of this Order shall be by written assent of the producers as authorized and provided by Section 14(a), (5), Ga. L. 1961, p. 301 as amended. (2) The approval shall be determined by the Commission upon receipt of written assent of producers. (3) The approval of mem…

Written assents or rejections shall be received by the Commission during the period of May 18, 1961, through June 25, 1961, with the authority of the Commission to declare this Order approved upon the receipt of the requisite number of assents from producers who produce the requi…

This Order shall apply to all producers of peanuts in this State who produce peanuts for sale within and without this State.

(1) Projects, undertakings and expenses incurred under this Order shall be financed by an assessment and levy of two dollars ($2.00) per ton of all peanuts produced in this State for sale. The assessment and levy shall be against the producer of peanuts. Upon approval of the requ…

(1) The levy and assessment provided by this Order shall be collected from producers. As an aid in such collection, handlers, distributors and others purchasing peanuts from producers shall deduct the amount of such levy and assessment during each pay period and remit the same to…

The Commissioner of Agriculture shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Order, particularly as to the collection of levies and assessments.

The Commission is hereby authorized to expend funds of the Commission as it deems necessary to defray the costs and expenses incurred under this Order. The Commission is further authorized to expend funds to defray the actual costs and expenses of the Commission, including employ…

The Commission may enter into contracts as it deems necessary and advisable in the performance of its duties under the provisions of this Order, for the performance of duties and services, as the Commission shall deem necessary and proper.

It shall be the duty and responsibility of each affected person or handler to keep adequate records to reflect the true amount of peanuts produced, sold or purchased by him, and to make such records available for inspection and audit by the Commission and the Commissioner.

The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy consists of eight (8) members who are commissioned by the Governor. The public may obtain information from the Board, and make submissions and requests to the Board by contacting the Executive Director of the State Board of Pharmacy at the Depa…

(1) The Board may appoint by a majority vote a person to serve as Executive Director of the Board who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. Such appointment must be approved by the Board of Community Health. (2) The Executive Director shall be vested with the following powers…

(1) Every retail pharmacy, possessing or having possessed any controlled substances and/or dangerous drugs, within a period of two years, and/or possessing any record related to the same, which is required to be kept by O.C.G.A. T. Ch. 16-13, shall exercise diligent care in prote…

(1) For the purpose of this rule, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Direct supervision" shall mean that a pharmacist is physically present, providing care at the address listed on the pharmacy license, and is in the prescription department, consultation room, vaccinatio…

(1) All drugs or devices which bear, or are required to bear, upon the package, the words "Caution, Federal Law Prohibits Dispensing Without Prescription","Rx Only", or words of like import, shall be stored within the prescription department of the pharmacy possessing such drugs …

There shall be provided within the prescription department of each pharmacy sufficient shelf, drawer, counter or cabinet space for the neat and orderly storage of all drugs, equipment, publications and other items kept therein. In addition, there shall be such clear floor space w…

There shall be provided within each prescription department adequate facilities for the proper storage of drugs or devices which require refrigeration, and such drugs or devices shall be stored therein in such manner as to preserve their therapeutic activity.

(1) Licensure and Applications (a) Every retail pharmacy must be licensed by the Board in accordance with the laws and regulations of this State. As used in these rules, a "retail pharmacy" shall mean all pharmacies, except hospital, clinic, prison, and specialty pharmacies, loca…

No Pharmacy shall operate a prescription department which is under unclean, unsanitary, overcrowded, or unhealthy conditions, or under any condition which endangers the health, safety or welfare of the public.

The required equipment of a pharmacy shall be in a clean condition and shall be stored in a clean and sanitary manner. When not in use, vessels shall be inverted upon a clean towel or suspended upon a rack.

Only a licensed pharmacist or a licensed pharmacy intern/extern, acting under the direct personal supervision of a licensed pharmacist, may accept an oral prescription drug order of any nature, and upon so accepting such prescription drug orders, the pharmacist or intern/extern s…

(1) Only a licensed pharmacist or a licensed pharmacy intern/extern, acting under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist, may prepare, receive, read, or transfer a copy of a prescription drug order to any person, and then only to a licensed pharmacist or licensed pharmac…

The Pharmacist in Charge of each Pharmacy shall cause examination of the stock of the prescription department, of that Pharmacy, by persons qualified to do so, and shall cause to be removed from stock all out-dated and deteriorated drugs, and such shall be done at regular interva…

(1) No pharmacy licensed in accordance with O.C.G.A. T. 26, Ch. 4, shall engage in the practice of filling, compounding or dispensing prescriptions unless it shall possess the following items: (a) Copies of and/or computer or electronic access to current reference materials appro…

Pharmacies shall keep syringes for injections behind the dispensing counter in their prescription departments and in no other place. No person other than a licensed pharmacist or a pharmacy intern/extern, acting under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist, shall sell, d…

(1) All controlled substances which are outdated or expired must be disposed of in a manner which generates a DEA Form 41 (Drug Destruction Form), a copy of which must be retained by the pharmacy. Such controlled substances can be disposed of by one of the following: (a) Represen…