Reference is to Printer's Date 2/22/18-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 44-53-360 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:
"( )(1) A written
prescription for any Schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled
substance must be written on tamper-resistant prescription pads
which contain one or more industry-recognized features designed
to prevent all of the following:
(A)
unauthorized copying of a completed or blank prescription
form;
(B)
erasure or modification of information written on the
prescription by the prescriber; and
(C)
use of counterfeit prescription forms.
(2)
Prescription orders transmitted by facsimile, orally, or
electronically are exempt from the tamper-resistant prescription
pad requirements of this section.
(3)
The tamper-resistant prescription pad requirements do not
apply to refill prescriptions of an original written
prescription that was presented to a pharmacy before the
effective date of this act.
(4)
The exceptions set forth in Section 1927 (k)(3) of the
Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1396r-8(k)(3), concerning
nursing facilities, hospitals, and other institutional and
clinical settings, are exempt from the tamper-resistant
prescription pad requirements of this section.
(5)
If a written prescription is not submitted on a
tamper-resistant prescription form meeting the requirements of
this section, a pharmacy may fill the prescription in full as
written on an emergency basis as long as the pharmacy receives a
verbal, telephone facsimile, electronic, or compliant written
prescription within seventy-two hours after the date on which
the prescription was filled."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect sixty days after approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.