Bill 500

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               500
Ratification Number:       335
Act Number                 300
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to reciprocal licenses granted by the Board of
                           Pharmaceutical Examiners to pharmacists who are also
                           registered in another state

(A300, R335, S500)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-90, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RECIPROCAL LICENSES GRANTED BY THE BOARD OF PHARMACEUTICAL EXAMINERS TO PHARMACISTS WHO ARE ALSO REGISTERED IN ANOTHER STATE, SO AS TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR SUCH RECIPROCAL LICENSES; TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-230, RELATING TO THE RENEWAL OF LICENSES OF PHARMACISTS AND ASSISTANT PHARMACISTS, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR SUCH RENEWAL INCLUDING AN INCREASE IN THE FEES THEREFORE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-240, RELATING TO THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION OF PHARMACISTS AND ALSO THE REPORTS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD REGARDING CHANGES IN THE PHARMACIST'S BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH REQUIRE SUCH REPORTS AND TO ELIMINATE CERTAIN REFERENCES TO ANNUAL REGISTRATION.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Board may grant certificates of registration

Section 1. Section 40-43-90 of the 1976 Code is amended by inserting after "hundred" on the last line "eighty". The section when amended shall read:

"Section 40-43-90. The Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners, in its discretion, may grant certificates of registration as pharmacists to such persons as shall furnish with their applications satisfactory proof that they have been registered by examination in some other state requiring at the time of such registration a degree of competency equal to that required of an applicant in this State at that time. The fee for granting a reciprocal license shall be one hundred eighty dollars."

Fee

Section 2. Section 40-43-230 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 40-43-230. Every person holding a license as pharmacist or assistant pharmacist shall pay to the secretary or inspector on or before the first day of July in each year a renewal fee of twenty-five dollars for which a renewal certificate for one year shall be issued. In case any person defaults for more than sixty days after the first of July in each year in paying such renewal fee and securing a renewal license certificate a penalty of fifty dollars must be paid for such default. In case such default shall continue for one year or more then a penalty of one hundred dollars must be pard and collected in addition to the renewal fee before issuing a renewal license. If the delinquency continues for more than two years then the original license shall be cancelled. Upon payment of a penalty of one hundred fifty dollars and the renewal fees due, the Board may restore such defaulting member if otherwise in good standing."

Notification of Change of Address

Section 3. Section 40-43-240 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 40-43-240. Whenever any registered pharmacist in the employ of or in charge of the pharmaceutical duties of a drug store or pharmacy within this State leaves the employ of or ceases to have charge of the pharmaceutical duties of such drug store or pharmacy, he shall within five days, notify the secretary of the Board in writing of such change, giving the name and address of the drug store or pharmacy in which his services have terminated. Likewise, whenever any registered pharmacist within this State makes any change in his employment from one drug store or pharmacy to another, he shall, within five days, notify the secretary of the Board of such change, listing the name and address of the drug store or pharmacy in which he was last employed, and to which he expects to move."

Time effective

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon the approval by the Governor.