Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4160 Primary Sponsor:Rudnick Committee Number:27 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Prescription drugs, pharmacists Residing Body:House Current Committee:Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Computer Document Number:CYY/15519SD.93 Introduced Date:19930504 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930504 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rudnick Scott Harrison Corning Shissias Waites Houck Harrell Wright Riser Type of Legislation:General Bill
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4160 House 19930504 Introduced, read first time, 27
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-43-165 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF PRESCRIPTIONS FROM ONE PHARMACY TO ANOTHER WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE PRESCRIBING PHYSICIAN, BY ADDING SECTION 40-43-166 SO AS TO ALLOW A PERSON FOR WHOM A PRESCRIPTION DRUG HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED TO SUBSTITUTE A FEDERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVED GENERIC BRAND FOR THE BRAND NAMED IN THE PRESCRIPTION IF SUCH A GENERIC BRAND IS AVAILABLE, AND BY ADDING SECTION 40-43-167 SO AS TO PERMIT COMPUTER RECORDS OF A PHARMACIST TO BE USED FOR THE INSPECTION OF ORIGINAL PRESCRIPTIONS RATHER THAN THE ORIGINAL PRESCRIPTIONS THEMSELVES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 40-43-165. The transfer of prescriptions from one pharmacy to another without the permission of the prescribing physician is authorized. The State Board of Pharmacy by regulation shall prescribe the manner in which the provisions of this section shall be implemented."
SECTION 2. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 40-43-166. A person for whom a prescription drug has been prescribed is allowed to substitute a Federal Drug Administration approved generic brand for the brand named in the prescription if such a generic brand is available. The State Board of Pharmacy by regulation shall prescribe the manner in which the provisions of this section shall be implemented."
SECTION 3. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 40-43-167. Computer records of a pharmacist are permitted to be used for the inspection of original prescriptions rather than the original prescriptions themselves. The State Board of Pharmacy by regulation shall prescribe the manner in which the provisions of this section shall be implemented."
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.