The legislation aims at regulating pain management clinics and would require the owner of the clinic to be a physician. It would not, however, require physicians or pharmacists to use a state registry to track how much of a painkiller a patient is receiving.
The bill, which has already been passed by the Georgia House, now goes to the governor, according to the report.
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