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

   1. (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:

      1. (a) the pharmacist has all prescription information necessary in order to accurately refill the prescription;
      2. (b) in the pharmacist's professional opinion the medication is essential to the maintenance of life or to the continuation of therapy;
      3. (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
      4. (d) the prescription is not for a controlled substance.

   2. (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:

      1. (a) the pharmacist has some type of identification to verify current licensure in another state and;
      2. (b) the pharmacist is engaged in a legitimate relief effort during an emergency situation.
2. (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.