(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. sts 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.
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