Current Status Bill Number:4450 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980120 Primary Sponsor:Keegan All Sponsors:Keegan, Kelley, Lanford, Barfield and Edge Drafted Document Number:psd\7093ac.98 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee 27 H3M Subject:Prescriptions, onetime transfer of for dispensing one refill permitted in pharmacies; Pharmacists
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House 19980120 Introduced, read first time, 27 H3M
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-165, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ONETIME TRANSFER OF PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISPENSING ONE REFILL, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION LIMITING SUCH TRANSFERS TO PHARMACIES IN THIS STATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. That portion of Section 40-43-165(A) of the 1976 Code which precedes the enumerated items and which was added by Act 229 of 1996 is amended to read:
"The one-time transfer of original prescription information for the purpose of dispensing one refill only is permissible between pharmacies in this State subject to the following requirements:"
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.