S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-4.1000.1001
Current through Register Vol. 48, 12, December 27, 2024
Section 61-4.1000.1001 - Persons Entitled to Issue Prescriptions(a) A prescription for a controlled substance may be issued only by an individual practitioner who is: (1) Licensed by the S.C. Board of Medical Examiners, S.C. Board of Dentistry, S.C. Board of Veterinary Medicine Examiners, S.C. Board of Nursing, S.C. Board of Examiners in Optometry, or the S.C. Board of Podiatry Examiners, and is authorized to prescribe under the type of license issued by the pertinent Board to the individual practitioner; and(2) Acting in the regular course of professional practice, e.g., a veterinarian prescribing for a human is not within the regular course of professional practice, nor is a dentist when prescribing for illnesses or disease other than those of the oral cavity and adjacent tissues, nor is a podiatrist when prescribing for treatment of disease other than those manifesting themselves in the foot; and(3) Registered with DHEC under the provisions of the Act.(b) A prescription issued by an individual practitioner may be communicated to a pharmacist by an employee or agent of the individual practitioner. The individual practitioner may not delegate the act of prescribing (i.e., the decision-making process whether to issue a prescription, what drug or substance to prescribe, what dosage, what frequency, and whether to refill the prescription) to a person not authorized to issue a prescription in his or her own right as an individual practitioner. Example: A nurse or other employee of a physician may transmit an oral prescription (if permissible as a Schedule III, IV, or V substance) to a pharmacist if authorized to do so by the prescribing physician; the transmitting person has no authority to make any change whatsoever in the order of the practitioner, nor to add or delete any information to be transmitted.
S.C. Code Regs. § 61-4.1000.1001
Replaced and Amended by State Register Volume 37, Issue No. 6, eff June 28, 2013.