S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-4.1200.1201

Current through Register Vol. 48, 12, December 27, 2024

Section 61-4.1200.1201 - Requirement of Prescription

(a) A pharmacist may dispense a controlled substance listed in schedule III, IV, or V which is a prescription drug as determined under the Act, only pursuant to one of the following methods:

(1) A written prescription signed by a prescribing individual practitioner;

(2) An electronic prescription transmitted in accordance with §1003(b);

(3) An oral prescription made by a prescribing individual practitioner and promptly reduced to writing by the pharmacist containing all information required in §1003, except for the signature of the prescribing individual practitioner; or

(4) A facsimile of a written, signed prescription, transmitted by the practitioner or the practitioner's agent to the pharmacy. A prescription transmitted by facsimile must be received at the pharmacy as it was originally transmitted by facsimile and must include the name and address of the practitioner, the phone number for verbal confirmation, the time and date of transmission, and the name of the pharmacy intended to receive the transmission, as well as any other information required by federal or state law.

(b) An individual practitioner may administer or dispense a controlled substance listed in schedule III, IV, or V in the regular course of his or her professional practice without a prescription.

(c) An institutional practitioner may administer or dispense directly (but not prescribe) a controlled substance listed in schedule III, IV, or V pursuant to a written prescription signed by a prescribing individual practitioner, or pursuant to an oral prescription made by a prescribing individual practitioner and promptly reduced to writing by the pharmacist (containing all information required in §1003 except for the signature of the prescribing individual practitioner), or pursuant to an order for medication made by an individual practitioner which is dispensed for immediate administration to the ultimate user.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-4.1200.1201

Replaced and Amended by State Register Volume 37, Issue No. 6, eff June 28, 2013.