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TO AMEND SECTIONS 44-53-1630 AND 44-53-1640, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BOTH RELATING TO THE PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM, SO AS TO ADD SCHEDULE V CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO THE PRESCRIBED AND DISPENSED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES MONITORED UNDER THE PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 44-53-1630(2) and (3) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(2) 'Controlled substances' means those substances listed in Schedules II, III, and IV, and V of the schedules provided for in Sections 44-53-210, 44-53-230, 44-53-250, and 44-53-270.
(3) 'Dispenser' means a person who delivers a Schedule II-IVV controlled substance to the ultimate user, but does not include:
(a) a licensed hospital pharmacy that distributes controlled substances for the purpose of inpatient hospital care or dispenses prescriptions for controlled substances at the time of discharge from the hospital;
(b) a practitioner or other authorized person who administers these controlled substances; or
(c) a wholesale distributor of a Schedule II-IVV controlled substance."
SECTION 2. Section 44-53-1640(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 65 of 2019, is further amended to read:
"(A) The Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Drug Control shall establish and maintain a program to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of all Schedule II, III, and IV, and V controlled substances by professionals licensed to prescribe or dispense these substances in this State and the administering of opioid antidotes pursuant to Sections 44-130-60 and 44-130-80."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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