Chapter 43 - SOUTH CAROLINA PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT

Section 40-43-10 - Short title; purpose of chapter; severability
Section 40-43-20 - License required
Section 40-43-30 - [Multiple versions] Definitions (§ 40-43-30)
Section 40-43-40 - State Board of Pharmacy; creation; membership; terms; qualifications; vacancies; removal
Section 40-43-50 - Board meetings; quorum; chair and vice chair
Section 40-43-60 - Chief drug inspector; staff inspectors; duties; violation corrections or prosecution; duties of board; adulterated or misbranded drugs; destruction at owner's expense; seal of drugs and devices under control of licensee when license suspended or revoked; complimentary drug samples; optometric supplies
Section 40-43-70 - Federally qualified health centers
Section 40-43-72 - Narcotic treatment programs
Section 40-43-75 - Renal dialysis facilities; authority to deliver a legend drug or device to a patient
Section 40-43-80 - Qualifications of applicants for pharmacy license examination
Section 40-43-81 - Transfer of pharmacist licenses from other jurisdictions; reciprocity required
Section 40-43-82 - Pharmacy technicians; registration; approval of training programs; minimum requirements; pharmacists previously disciplined not eligible to be technicians; volunteers at free medical clinics
Section 40-43-83 - In-state facilities dealing with prescription drugs; out-of-state facilities in mail order pharmacy service; permits; registered agents; required pharmacist-in-charge; display of permit; penalty; refusal of permit if not in public interest
Section 40-43-84 - Internship and externship certificates; program requirements; intern and extern restrictions; requirements for supervisory site and pharmacist
Section 40-43-85 - Notification form regarding internship; practical experience; experience gained outside State; credit for externship programs; requirements for site and supervising pharmacists
Section 40-43-86 - Facility requirements for pharmacies; presence of pharmacist-in-charge; consultant pharmacists; prescription drug orders; transferring of prescriptions; substitution of equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product; label requirements; patient records and counseling; policies and requirements for automated systems; unlawful practices; sales to optometrists and home medical equipment providers; code of ethics; sale of poisons and returned medications; permit fees; compounding regulations and restrictions
Section 40-43-87 - Nuclear/radiologic pharmacy practice; regulations set by Nuclear Regulatory Commission; revocation of materials license; inspections; hearings regarding violations of state or federal law; space and equipment requirements
Section 40-43-88 - Standards for preparation, labeling, and distribution of sterile products by pharmacies
Section 40-43-89 - Wholesale distributor permits and renewals; required information; changes; forms; personnel and facility requirements; recordkeeping; disposal of outdated, damaged, impure, or unsealed drugs; adherence to policies and procedures; inspections and audits; application of federal, state, and local laws; mail order prescription services; grounds for denial or suspension of permit
Section 40-43-90 - Permit requirements for applicants; permits not transferrable or assignable
Section 40-43-91 - Reports to Board of Pharmacy regarding thefts, convictions, changes in ownership or pharmacy employment, disasters, and accidents; return of permit; penalty for failure to comply
Section 40-43-110 - License expiration; license renewals; lapsed licenses
Section 40-43-130 - Continuing education; topics; hours; carry over of hours; exemption period following examination; certificate of completion; authority to grant exemption for postgraduate degree work
Section 40-43-140 - Grounds for suspension, revocation, denial, or refusal of board to renew permit or imposition of disciplinary action; penalties for persons distributing or delivering drugs or devices not in accordance with this chapter
Section 40-43-150 - Procedures for investigations, hearings, injunctive actions, and disciplinary actions; voluntary surrender of license; appeal
Section 40-43-160 - Unlawful practice of pharmacy following hearing; fine; penalty
Section 40-43-170 - State of Emergency; prerequisites to emergency refills; dispensing of medications by pharmacists not licensed in this State
Section 40-43-180 - Construction of chapter; third party payors not required to provide service or pay for services provided for in this chapter
Section 40-43-190 - Protocol for pharmacists to administer vaccines without order of practitioner; informed consent; records
Section 40-43-195 - Central fill pharmacies
Section 40-43-197 - Authorized dispensation of drugs, outsourcing facilities
Section 40-43-200 - Joint Pharmacist Administered Vaccines Committee; meetings, quorum, and chairperson; duties of committee
Section 40-43-210 - Definitions
Section 40-43-230 - Pharmacists permitted to dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives in certain circumstances
Section 40-43-240 - Written joint protocol to authorize pharmacists to dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives
Section 40-43-250 - Initial education requirement; continuing education
Section 40-43-260 - Information to be provided to patients; patient counseling
Section 40-43-270 - Limitations from liability and professional discipline