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Section 44-53-10. General powers of Department of Health and Environmental Control regarding controlled substances. - The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall take cognizance...
Section 44-53-20. "Food" and "drug" defined. - The term "food" as used in Section 44-53-10 shall include...
Section 44-53-30. Persons selling certain articles to furnish samples for analysis. - Every person offering or exposing for sale or delivering to...
Section 44-53-40. Obtaining certain drugs, devices, preparations, or compounds by fraud or deceit. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to obtain or...
Section 44-53-50. Sale of household and commercial laundry detergent and dishwashing detergent containing phosphorus prohibited. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person...
Section 44-53-110. Definitions. - As used in this article and Sections 44-49-10, 44-49-40, and...
Section 44-53-120. Duties of State Law Enforcement Division. - The State Law Enforcement Division shall: (1) Cooperate with Federal...
Section 44-53-130. Coordination of law enforcement. - The State Law Enforcement Division shall formulate a plan to...
Section 44-53-140. Certain communications and observations privileged. - Whenever a holder of the privilege shall seek counselling, treatment,...
Section 44-53-160. Manner in which changes in schedule of controlled substances made. - (A)(1) Annually, within thirty days after the convening of each...
Section 44-53-170. Nomenclature of controlled substances in schedules. - The controlled substances listed, or to be listed, in the...
Section 44-53-180. Tests for inclusion of substance in Schedule I. - The Department shall place a substance in Schedule I if...
Section 44-53-190. Schedule I. - (A) The controlled substances listed in this section are included...
Section 44-53-200. Tests for inclusion of substance in Schedule II. - The Department shall place a substance in Schedule II if...
Section 44-53-210. Schedule II. - (a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included...
Section 44-53-220. Tests for inclusion of substance in Schedule III. - The Department shall place a substance in Schedule III if...
Section 44-53-230. Schedule III. - (a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included...
Section 44-53-240. Tests for inclusion of substance in Schedule IV. - The Department shall place a substance in Schedule IV if...
Section 44-53-250. Schedule IV. - The controlled substances in this section are included in Schedule...
Section 44-53-260. Tests for inclusion of substance in Schedule V. - The Department shall place a substance in Schedule V if...
Section 44-53-270. Schedule V. - (a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included...
Section 44-53-280. Promulgation of rules and regulations; requirement of professional license; expiration of registration; failure to renew registration; reinstatement; fees and penalties. - (A) The department may promulgate regulations and may charge reasonable...
Section 44-53-290. Requirement of and authority granted by registration; individuals exempt from registration; registration for maintenance and detoxification treatment. - (a) Every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses any controlled...
Section 44-53-300. Granting of registration. - (a) The Department shall register an applicant to manufacture, distribute,...
Section 44-53-310. Grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension of registration; civil fine. - (a) An application for a registration or a registration granted...
Section 44-53-320. Procedure for denial, revocation, or suspension of registration; administrative consent order. - (a) Order to show cause.-Before denying, suspending or revoking a...
Section 44-53-330. Copy of judgment sent to licensing board upon conviction. - Upon the conviction of any person of the violation of...
Section 44-53-340. Records and inventories of registrants. - Persons registered to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances under...
Section 44-53-350. Order forms for distribution of controlled substances. - (a) Controlled substances in Schedules I and II shall be...
Section 44-53-360. Prescriptions. - (a) Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner, other than...
Section 44-53-361. Prescriptions for opioid antidotes. - (A) A prescriber shall: (1) offer a prescription for naloxone...
Section 44-53-362. Controlled substance take-back events and mail-back programs; collectors. - (A) A controlled substance manufacturer, distributer, or reverse distributer; a...
Section 44-53-363. Prerequisites to issuing opioid analgesics to minors. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (C), before issuing, for...
Section 44-53-365. Theft of controlled substance; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to take or...
Section 44-53-370. Prohibited acts A; penalties. - (a) Except as authorized by this article it shall be...
Section 44-53-375. Possession, manufacture, and trafficking of methamphetamine and cocaine base and other controlled substances; penalties. - (A) A person possessing less than one gram of methamphetamine...
Section 44-53-376. Disposal of waste from production of methamphetamine; penalty; emergency or environmental response restitution; exemptions. - (A) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly cause...
Section 44-53-378. Exposing child to methamphetamine. - (A) It is unlawful for a person who is eighteen...
Section 44-53-380. Prohibited acts B; penalties. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) Who...
Section 44-53-390. Prohibited acts C; penalties. - (a) It is unlawful for a person knowingly or intentionally...
Section 44-53-391. Unlawful to advertise for sale, manufacture, possess, sell or deliver, or to possess with intent to sell or deliver, paraphernalia. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise...
Section 44-53-392. Weight of controlled substance. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the weight of...
Section 44-53-395. Prohibited acts; penalties. - (A) It shall be unlawful: (1) for any practitioner to...
Section 44-53-398. Sale of products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine; penalties; training of sales personnel. - (A) Nonprescription products whose sole active ingredient is ephedrine, pseudoephedrine,...
Section 44-53-400. Penalties in article in addition to those under other laws. - Any penalty imposed for violation of this article shall be...
Section 44-53-410. Prosecution in another jurisdiction shall be bar to prosecution. - If a violation of this article is a violation of...
Section 44-53-420. Attempt and conspiracy; attempt to possess; penalties. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), a person who...
Section 44-53-430. Appeals from orders of Department. - Any person may appeal from any order of the Department...
Section 44-53-440. Distribution to persons under eighteen. - Any person eighteen years of age or over who violates...
Section 44-53-445. Distribution of controlled substance within proximity of school. - (A) It is a separate criminal offense for a person...
Section 44-53-450. Conditional discharge; eligibility for expungement. - (A) Whenever any person who has not previously been convicted...
Section 44-53-460. Reduced sentence for accommodation offenses. - Any person who enters a plea of guilty to or...
Section 44-53-470. "Second or subsequent offense" defined; certain convictions considered prior offenses. - (A) An offense is considered a second or subsequent offense...
Section 44-53-475. Financial transactions, monetary instruments, or financial institutions involving property or proceeds of unlawful activities in narcotic drugs or controlled substances; penalties. - (A)(1) Whoever, knowing that the property involved in a financial...
Section 44-53-480. Enforcement. - (a) The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division shall establish within...
Section 44-53-485. Handling of seized controlled substances; use of photographs or videotapes of substances at trial; admissibility of evidence. - (A) Controlled substances seized pursuant to this article must be...
Section 44-53-490. Drug inspectors. - The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall designate persons...
Section 44-53-500. Procedure for issuance and execution of administrative inspection warrants. - (a) Issuance and execution of administrative inspection warrants shall be...
Section 44-53-520. Forfeitures. - (a) The following are subject to forfeiture: (1) all controlled...
Section 44-53-530. Forfeiture procedures; disposition of forfeited items; disposition of proceeds of sales. - (a) Forfeiture of property defined in Section 44-53-520 must be...
Section 44-53-540. Burden of proof. - (a) It shall not be necessary for the State to...
Section 44-53-550. Prosecutions prior to effective date of article. - Prosecution occurring prior to June 17, 1971 is not affected...
Section 44-53-560. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Transfer of agents from Department of...
Section 44-53-570. Service of search warrants. - A search warrant relating to offenses involving controlled substances may...
Section 44-53-577. Illegal acts involving persons under seventeen years of age; penalties; separate offense. - (A) It is unlawful for any person at least seventeen...
Section 44-53-582. Return of monies used to purchase controlled substances. - All monies used by law enforcement officers or agents, in...
Section 44-53-586. Return of seized items to innocent owners; notice of hearing or rule to show cause; continuation of liens of innocent persons. - (a) Any innocent owner or any manager or owner of...
Section 44-53-590. Penalty for use of property in manner which makes it subject to forfeiture. - Any person who uses property or a conveyance in a...
Section 44-53-610. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "South Carolina Controlled...
Section 44-53-620. Definitions. - As used in this article unless the context clearly indicates...
Section 44-53-630. Establishment of therapeutic research program; regulations; limits as to patient eligibility. - (A) There is established in the Department of Health and...
Section 44-53-640. Patient Qualification Review Advisory Board; membership; compensation; duties. - (a) The director shall appoint a Patient Qualification Review Advisory...
Section 44-53-650. Director to obtain and distribute marijuana. - (a) The director shall obtain marijuana through whatever means he...
Section 44-53-660. Annual report. - The director shall annually report to the General Assembly his...
Section 44-53-710. Exclusive control over methadone vested in Department of Health and Environmental Control. - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has...
Section 44-53-720. Restrictions on use of methadone. - Methadone and its salts are restricted to: (1) use in...
Section 44-53-730. Restrictions on sale and distribution of methadone. - No supplier, distributor, or manufacturer may sell or distribute methadone...
Section 44-53-740. Promulgation of rules and regulations. - The Board of the Department of Health and Environmental Control...
Section 44-53-750. Autopsy on person dying while enrolled in program. - An autopsy shall be performed on any person on a...
Section 44-53-760. Admission of minors to programs. - Parental consent shall be obtained for all persons under eighteen...
Section 44-53-810. Legislative findings. - The General Assembly finds: (1) that the future of this...
Section 44-53-820. Establishment of DARE Fund; purpose. - There is established the Drug Awareness Resistance Education (DARE) Fund,...
Section 44-53-830. Board of directors; membership; terms. - (A) The DARE Fund is to be administered by a...
Section 44-53-840. Board members to be reimbursed for expenses. - Board members are not entitled to per diem but may...
Section 44-53-850. Powers of board. - In administering this article, the board is authorized, but not...
Section 44-53-860. Chairman; meetings; quorum. - The board shall elect a chairman from among its members...
Section 44-53-870. Director and staff; maximum administrative costs. - The board may employ a director and other staff as...
Section 44-53-880. Use of funds. - Funds credited to the trust fund, excluding the administrative fees...
Section 44-53-890. Annual report. - The fund board annually by February first shall submit a...
Section 44-53-930. Retail sales shall be made only by registered pharmacists or assistant pharmacists; exception. - Sales at retail of hypodermic needles or syringes shall be...
Section 44-53-950. Veterinarians and licensed durable medical equipment providers exception. - Nothing in this article applies to veterinarians in connection with...
Section 44-53-960. Penalties. - Any person who sells or purchases at retail any hypodermic...
Section 44-53-1110. Prohibition on aromatic hydrocarbons used as intoxicants. - No person shall, for the purpose of causing a condition...
Section 44-53-1120. Unlawful use or possession of aromatic hydrocarbons. - No person shall, for the purpose of violating Section 44-53-1110,...
Section 44-53-1130. Penalties. - Any person who violates any provision of this article shall...
Section 44-53-1210. Definitions. - The term "dangerous caustic or corrosive substance" means each and...
Section 44-53-1220. Sale of caustic or corrosive substance in misbranded parcel, package, or container prohibited. - No person shall sell, barter, exchange, receive, hold, pack or...
Section 44-53-1230. Confiscation of misbranded caustic or corrosive substance parcels, packages, or containers. - Any dangerous caustic or corrosive substance in a misbranded parcel,...
Section 44-53-1240. Enforcement; approval of brands and labels. - The sheriff, deputy sheriffs and other peace officers shall enforce...
Section 44-53-1250. Penalties. - Any person violating the provisions of this article shall, upon...
Section 44-53-1310. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Childhood Lead Poisoning...
Section 44-53-1320. Definitions. - As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:...
Section 44-53-1350. Exemptions. - The provisions of this article do not apply to items...
Section 44-53-1360. Program for early diagnosis of cases of childhood lead poisoning; examinations; records. - (A) The department may establish a program for the early...
Section 44-53-1370. Childhood lead poisoning prevention education program. - The department may institute a childhood lead poisoning prevention education...
Section 44-53-1380. Notification of incidents of lead poisoning. - (A) If a physician, hospital, public health nurse, or other...
Section 44-53-1390. Investigation of lead poisoning case reports; right of entry. - When the department is notified of a lead poisoning case,...
Section 44-53-1400. Warrants for purpose of conducting investigation; oath or affirmation showing probable cause; contents of warrant. - The issuance and execution of an administrative warrant to investigate...
Section 44-53-1430. Notice of identification of lead-based hazard; order that it be remediated; appeals. - (A) If a child resides in a dwelling or dwelling...
Section 44-53-1440. Restriction on rental; existing occupants. - A person must not rent or offer for occupancy a...
Section 44-53-1450. Regulations. - The department may promulgate regulations as necessary to carry out...
Section 44-53-1460. Legal actions not affected. - Nothing in this article may be interpreted or applied in...
Section 44-53-1480. Penalties. - A person who knowingly violates a provision of this article...
Section 44-53-1485. Civil penalties. - A person who violates a provision of this article or...
Section 44-53-1490. Private causes of action; action by municipality. - (A) A violation of this article does not give rise...
Section 44-53-1495. Funding contingency. - The provisions of this article are contingent upon the appropriation...
Section 44-53-1510. Definition of "anabolic steroid"; exceptions. - (A) The term "anabolic steroid" includes any of the following...
Section 44-53-1520. Unprofessional conduct to dispense under certain circumstances. - It is unprofessional conduct, and is not a valid medical...
Section 44-53-1530. Possessing anabolic steroids without a prescription, or prescribing anabolic steroids, by nonpractitioner, pharmacist, or veterinarian unlawful; penalties. - It is unlawful for any person who is not a...
Section 44-53-1550. What constitutes a prior offense. - For purposes of determining whether or not a person has...
Section 44-53-1610. Citation of article. - This article may be cited as the "South Carolina Prescription...
Section 44-53-1620. Purpose. - This article is intended to improve the state's ability to...
Section 44-53-1630. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Authorized delegate" means an...
Section 44-53-1640. Authority to establish and maintain prescription monitoring program; electronic submission of information by dispensers; exemptions. - (A) The Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of...
Section 44-53-1645. Requirement to review patient's prescription history. - (A) A practitioner, or the practitioner's authorized delegate, shall review...
Section 44-53-1650. Confidentiality; persons to whom data may be released. - (A) Prescription information submitted to drug control is confidential and...
Section 44-53-1655. Practitioner prescription report cards. - (A) The department shall develop and maintain as part of...
Section 44-53-1660. Contract for administration by other state agency or private vendor. - Drug control may contract with another agency of this State...
Section 44-53-1670. Promulgation of regulations. - Drug control may promulgate regulations setting forth the procedures and...
Section 44-53-1680. Violations and penalties. - (A) A dispenser or authorized delegate who knowingly fails to...
Section 44-53-1810. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Academic medical center" means...
Section 44-53-1820. FDA approved clinical trials to treat patients who have certain forms of epilepsy with cannabidiol; principal investigators; subinvestigators. - (A) A statewide investigational new drug application may be established...
Section 44-53-1830. Cannabidiol for use in clinical trials. - (A) Expanded access clinical trials conducted pursuant to a statewide...
Section 44-53-1840. Immunity. - (A) A person acting in compliance with the provisions of...
Section 44-53-1910. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Controlled substance" has the...
Section 44-53-1920. Limited immunity for a person who seeks medical assistance for another. - (A) A person who seeks medical assistance for another person...
Section 44-53-1930. Limited immunity for overdose victim. - (A) A person who experiences a drug or alcohol-related overdose...
Section 44-53-1940. Decision to seek medical assistance a mitigating factor. - The court may consider a person's decision to seek medical...
Section 44-53-1950. Limitation of immunity to allow prosecution for other crimes arising out of the drug or alcohol-related overdose. - This article does not prohibit a person from being arrested,...
Section 44-53-1960. Construction of article. - Nothing in this article may be construed to: (1) limit...
Section 44-53-1970. Civil and criminal immunity for law enforcement officers. - A law enforcement officer who arrests a person for an...