Section 40-43-170 - State of Emergency; prerequisites to emergency refills; dispensing of medications by pharmacists not licensed in this State(A) When the Governor issues a "State of Emergency": (1) A pharmacist may work in the affected county and may dispense a one-time emergency refill of up to a thirty-day supply of a prescribed medication if:(a) the pharmacist has all prescription information necessary in order to accurately refill the prescription;(b) in the pharmacist's professional opinion the medication is essential to the maintenance of life or to the continuation of therapy;(c) the pharmacist reduces the information to a written prescription marked 'Emergency Refill', files the prescription as required by law, and notifies the prescribing physician within fifteen days of the emergency refill; and(d) the prescription is not for a controlled substance.(2) A pharmacist not licensed in South Carolina but currently licensed in another state, may in a state of emergency dispense prescription medications in those affected counties without being licensed in South Carolina during the time that a state of emergency exists if: (a) the pharmacist has some type of identification to verify current licensure in another state and;(b) the pharmacist is engaged in a legitimate relief effort during an emergency situation.(B) This disaster preparedness ends with the state of emergency.Amended by 2018 S.C. Acts, Act No. 187 (SB 506),s 1, eff. 5/15/2018.1999 Act No. 76, Section 13; 1998 Act No. 366, Section 1.