South Carolina General Assembly
109th Session, 1991-1992

Bill 4444


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    4444
Primary Sponsor:                Waldrop
Committee Number:               27
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Nurse practitioner
Residing Body:                  House
Current Committee:              Medical, Military, Public and
                                Municipal Affairs
Companion Bill Number:          1311
Date Tabled:                    Mar 17, 1992
Computer Document Number:       BR1/2174.AC
Introduced Date:                Feb 25, 1992
Last History Body:              House
Last History Date:              Mar 17, 1992
Last History Type:              Tabled in Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Waldrop
Type of Legislation:            General Bill



History


 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 4444  House   Mar 17, 1992  Tabled in Committee             27
 4444  House   Feb 25, 1992  Introduced, read first time,    27
                             referred to Committee

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-150, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SALE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, SO AS TO INCLUDE A NURSE PRACTITIONER AMONG THOSE PROFESSIONALS WHO MAY PRESCRIBE DRUGS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-360, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE REGULATION OF PHARMACISTS, SO AS TO INCLUDE NURSE PRACTITIONER IN THE DEFINITION OF "PRACTITIONER".

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

SECTION 1. Section 40-43-150 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 548 of 1988, is further amended to read:

"Section 40-43-150. (A) It is unlawful for any a person to sell, give away, barter, exchange, distribute, or possess in the State, except on a prescription of a licensed medical or osteopathic physician, medical or osteopathic, podiatrist, dentist, nurse practitioner, or veterinarian any a drug bearing on its manufacturer's or distributor's original commercial container the legend, `CAUTION: Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription' and those which, in the discretion of the Board of Pharmacy, are classified as `dangerous drugs' within the meaning of this section.

(B) The prescription must be compounded only by a licensed pharmacist, licensed assistant pharmacist, or under the direct personal supervision of a licensed pharmacist. No prescription may be refilled except upon the authorization of a licensed medical or osteopathic physician, medical or osteopathic, podiatrist, dentist, nurse practitioner, or veterinarian who prescribed it.

(C) The provisions of This section do does not apply to the sale at wholesale by recognized drug jobbers or wholesalers or drug manufacturers to pharmacists or drug outlets or licensed medical or osteopathic physicians, medical or osteopathic, podiatrists, dentists, or veterinarians qualified to practice their professions according to the laws of this State, nor to the sale by pharmacists in drug outlets to one another. The provisions of This section apply applies to the sale by any a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer to any a person other than those legally qualified and authorized to purchase and hold them for resale in this State."

SECTION 2. The third paragraph of Section 40-43-360 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"`Pharmacy' means any an outlet dispensing drugs on the order of a practitioner licensed to prescribe drugs. `Practitioner' means a physician, dentist, osteopath, podiatrist, nurse practitioner, or veterinarian licensed by any state or territory (other than pharmacists engaged in the practice of pharmacy) to prescribe with regard to drugs or devices in the course of professional practice or research. Nothing in this section shall supersede supersedes the Nursing Dispensing Act."

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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