(A) When the Governor issues a "State of Emergency":

(1) A pharmacist may work in the affected county and may dispense a one-time emergency refill of up to a thirty-day supply of a prescribed medication if:

(a) the pharmacist has all prescription information necessary in order to accurately refill the prescription;

(b) in the pharmacist's professional opinion the medication is essential to the maintenance of life or to the continuation of therapy;

(c) the pharmacist reduces the information to a written prescription marked 'Emergency Refill', files the prescription as required by law, and notifies the prescribing physician within fifteen days of the emergency refill; and

(d) the prescription is not for a controlled substance.

(2) A pharmacist not licensed in South Carolina but currently licensed in another state, may in a state of emergency dispense prescription medications in those affected counties without being licensed in South Carolina during the time that a state of emergency exists if:

(a) the pharmacist has some type of identification to verify current licensure in another state and;

(b) the pharmacist is engaged in a legitimate relief effort during an emergency situation.

(B) This disaster preparedness ends with the state of emergency.

HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 366, Section 1; 1999 Act No. 76, Section 13; 2018 Act No. 187 (S.506), Section 1, eff May 15, 2018.

Effect of Amendment

2018 Act No. 187, Section 1, in (A), in (1), substituted "thirty-day supply" for "fifteen-day supply", and made nonsubstantive changes.