South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 43 - South Carolina Pharmacy Practice Act
Section 40-43-270. Limitations from liability and professional discipline.

Text of section effective upon contingency. See, Editor's Note.
(A) A prescriber who issues a standing prescription drug order in accordance with Section 40-43-260 is not liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the dispensing of a self-administered hormonal contraceptive or the administering of an injectable hormonal contraceptive under this chapter.
(B) A pharmacist who dispenses a self-administered hormonal contraceptive or administers an injectable hormonal contraceptive in accordance with the provisions of this article is not as a result of an act or omission subject to civil or criminal liability or to professional disciplinary action.
HISTORY: 2022 Act No. 210 (S.628), Section 2, eff upon contingency.
Editor's Note
2022 Act No. 210, Sections 1, 4, and 6, provide as follows:
"SECTION 1. This act shall be referred to as the 'Pharmacy Access Act'."
"SECTION 4. The Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Pharmacy must issue a written joint protocol pursuant to Section 40-43-240 not later than six months after the passage of this act."
"SECTION 6. Except as otherwise specifically provided, this act takes effect upon the issuance of a written joint protocol pursuant to SECTION 4 of this act."

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Structure South Carolina Code of Laws

South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 40 - Professions and Occupations

Chapter 43 - South Carolina Pharmacy Practice Act

Section 40-43-10. Short title; purpose of chapter; severability.

Section 40-43-20. License required.

Section 40-43-30. Definitions.

Section 40-43-40. State Board of Pharmacy; creation; membership; terms; qualifications; vacancies; removal.

Section 40-43-50. Board meetings; quorum; chair and vice chair.

Section 40-43-60. Chief drug inspector; staff inspectors; duties; violation corrections or prosecution; duties of board; adulterated or misbranded drugs; destruction at owner's expense; seal of drugs and devices under control of licensee when license...

Section 40-43-70. Federally qualified health centers.

Section 40-43-75. Renal dialysis facilities; authority to deliver a legend drug or device to a patient.

Section 40-43-80. Qualifications of applicants for pharmacy license examination.

Section 40-43-81. Transfer of pharmacist licenses from other jurisdictions; reciprocity required.

Section 40-43-82. Pharmacy technicians; registration; approval of training programs; minimum requirements; pharmacists previously disciplined not eligible to be technicians; volunteers at free medical clinics.

Section 40-43-83. In-state facilities dealing with prescription drugs; out-of-state facilities in mail order pharmacy service; permits; registered agents; required pharmacist-in-charge; display of permit; penalty; refusal of permit if not in public i...

Section 40-43-84. Internship and externship certificates; program requirements; intern and extern restrictions; requirements for supervisory site and pharmacist.

Section 40-43-85. Notification form regarding internship; practical experience; experience gained outside State; credit for externship programs; requirements for site and supervising pharmacists.

Section 40-43-86. Facility requirements for pharmacies; presence of pharmacist-in-charge; consultant pharmacists; prescription drug orders; transferring of prescriptions; substitution of equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product; label re...

Section 40-43-87. Nuclear/radiologic pharmacy practice; regulations set by Nuclear Regulatory Commission; revocation of materials license; inspections; hearings regarding violations of state or federal law; space and equipment requirements.

Section 40-43-88. Standards for preparation, labeling, and distribution of sterile products by pharmacies.

Section 40-43-89. Wholesale distributor permits and renewals; required information; changes; forms; personnel and facility requirements; recordkeeping; disposal of outdated, damaged, impure, or unsealed drugs; adherence to policies and procedures; in...

Section 40-43-90. Permit requirements for applicants; permits not transferrable or assignable.

Section 40-43-91. Reports to Board of Pharmacy regarding thefts, convictions, changes in ownership or pharmacy employment, disasters, and accidents; return of permit; penalty for failure to comply.

Section 40-43-110. License expiration; license renewals; lapsed licenses.

Section 40-43-130. Continuing education; topics; hours; carry over of hours; exemption period following examination; certificate of completion; authority to grant exemption for postgraduate degree work.

Section 40-43-140. Grounds for suspension, revocation, denial, or refusal of board to renew permit or imposition of disciplinary action; penalties for persons distributing or delivering drugs or devices not in accordance with this chapter.

Section 40-43-150. Procedures for investigations, hearings, injunctive actions, and disciplinary actions; voluntary surrender of license; appeal.

Section 40-43-160. Unlawful practice of pharmacy following hearing; fine; penalty.

Section 40-43-170. State of Emergency; prerequisites to emergency refills; dispensing of medications by pharmacists not licensed in this State.

Section 40-43-180. Construction of chapter; third party payors not required to provide service or pay for services provided for in this chapter.

Section 40-43-190. Protocol for pharmacists to administer vaccines without order of practitioner; informed consent; records.

Section 40-43-195. Central fill pharmacies.

Section 40-43-200. Joint Pharmacist Administered Vaccines Committee; meetings, quorum, and chairperson; duties of committee.

Section 40-43-210. Definitions.

Section 40-43-230. Pharmacists permitted to dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives in certain circumstances.

Section 40-43-240. Written joint protocol to authorize pharmacists to dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives.

Section 40-43-250. Initial education requirement; continuing education.

Section 40-43-260. Information to be provided to patients; patient counseling.

Section 40-43-270. Limitations from liability and professional discipline.