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SC Code § 44-53-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-300. Granting of registration.

 (a) The Department shall register an applicant to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances included in Sections 44-53-190, 44-53-210, 44-53-230, 44-53-250 and 44-53-270 if it determines that the issuance of such registration is consistent with the public interest. In determining the public interest, the following factors shall be considered:  (1) Maintenance of effective controls against diversion of controlled substances into other than legitimate medical, scientific, or industrial channels;  (2) Compliance with applicable state or federal law;  (3) Promotion and technical advances in the art of manufacturing these substances and the development of new substances;  (4) Prior conviction record of applicant under Federal and State laws relating to the manufacture, distribution or dispensing of such substances;  (5) Past experience in the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of controlled substances and the existence in the establishment of effective controls against diversion;  (6) Such other factors as may be relevant to and consistent with the public health and safety; and  (7) Licensing by a federal agency.  (b) A registration granted under subsection (a) of this section shall not entitle a registrant to manufacture and distribute controlled substances in Schedule I or II other than those specified in the registration.  (c) Within the discretion of the Department, practitioners may be registered to dispense one or more controlled substances in Schedules II through V if they are authorized to dispense drugs under the law of this State. Such practitioners, properly registered with the Department to dispense controlled substances, may also conduct research with non-narcotic controlled substances in Schedules II through V without additional registration as a researcher, provided that prior to engaging in such research, the practitioner shall notify the Department in writing of the scope of such research and the name of the controlled substances to be utilized. Practitioners desiring to conduct research with Schedule I controlled substances or with narcotic controlled substances in Schedules II through V shall first obtain a separate researcher registration from the Department.  (d) The Department shall permit persons to apply for registration within sixty days after June 17, 1971 who own or operate any establishment engaged in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substances prior to June 17, 1971 and who are registered by the State.  (e) Compliance by manufacturers and distributors with the provisions of the Federal law respecting registration (excluding fees) entitles them to be registered under this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1510.42; 1971 (57) 800; 1981 Act No. 79, Sections 2, 3.
SC Code § 44-53-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-310. Grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension of registration; civil fine.

 (a) An application for a registration or a registration granted pursuant to Section 44-53-300 to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance, may be denied, suspended, or revoked by the Board upon a finding that the registrant:  (1) Has materially falsified any application filed pursuant to this article;  (2) Has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor under any State or Federal law relating to any controlled substance;  (3) Has had his Federal registration suspended or revoked to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances; or  (4) Has failed to comply with any standard referred to in Section 44-53-290(i).  (b) The department may place a registrant who violates this article on probation or levy a civil fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars, or both. Fines generated pursuant to this section must be remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit to the benefit of the Department of Mental Health to be used exclusively for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts within the department's addiction center facilities.  (c) The Department may suspend, deny, or revoke the registration of any registrant or applicant for the conviction of any felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.  (d) The Department may suspend, deny, or revoke the registration of any registrant or applicant for violation of any of the rules and regulations issued by the Department relating to controlled substances.  (e) The Department may suspend, deny, or revoke the registration of any registrant or applicant if it finds that the security provided for the storage of controlled substances is inadequate to the extent that repeated diversions by theft have occurred.  (f) The Department may suspend, deny, or revoke the registration of any registrant or applicant upon a finding by the Department that the registrant or applicant has violated any statutory provision of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1510.43; 1971 (57) 800; 1974 (58) 2228; 1975 (59) 104; 1981 Act No. 79, Sections 4, 5; 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 36L.
SC Code § 44-53-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-330. Copy of judgment sent to licensing board upon conviction.

 Upon the conviction of any person of the violation of any provision of this article, a certified copy of the judgment of conviction shall be sent by the clerk of the court to the licensing board by whom the convicted defendant has been licensed or registered to practice his profession or to carry on his business. Upon final order of the Department suspending, denying, modifying, or revoking the controlled substances registration of any registrant or applicant under this article, or upon the execution and approval of an administrative consent order provided for by Section 44-53-320, the Department shall forward a copy thereof to the licensing board by whom the affected registrant or applicant has been licensed or registered to practice his profession or carry on his business, if such licensing board be in existence.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1510.45; 1971 (57) 800; 1981 Act No. 79, Section 6.
SC Code § 44-53-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-340. Records and inventories of registrants.

 Persons registered to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances under this article shall keep records and maintain inventories in conformance with the record-keeping and inventory requirements of Federal law and with any additional rules the Department issues.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1510.46; 1971 (57) 800.
SC Code § 44-53-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-350. Order forms for distribution of controlled substances.

 (a) Controlled substances in Schedules I and II shall be distributed by a registrant to another registrant only pursuant to an order form prescribed by the Department. Compliance with the provisions of Federal law respecting order forms shall be deemed compliance with this section.  (b) Nothing contained in subsection (a) shall apply:  (1) To the administering or dispensing of such substances to a patient by a practitioner in the course of his professional practice, however, such practitioner shall comply with the requirements of Section 44-53-340;  (2) To the distribution or dispensing of such substances by a pharmacist to an ultimate user pursuant to a written prescription issued by a practitioner authorized to issue such prescription, however, such pharmacist shall comply with the requirements of Section 44-53-340.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1510.47; 1971 (57) 800.
SC Code § 44-53-361 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-361. Prescriptions for opioid antidotes.

 (A) A prescriber shall:  (1) offer a prescription for naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression to a patient if one or more of the following conditions are present:  (a) the prescription dosage for the patient is fifty or more morphine milligram equivalents of an opioid medication per day;  (b) an opioid medication is prescribed concurrently with a prescription for benzodiazepine; or  (c) the patient presents with an increased risk for overdose, including a patient with a history of overdose, a patient with a history of substance use disorder, or a patient at risk for returning to a high dose of opioid medication to which the patient is no longer tolerant;  (2) consistent with the existing standard of care, provide education to patients receiving a prescription pursuant to item (1) on overdose prevention and the use of naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression; and  (3) consistent with the existing standard of care, provide education on overdose prevention and the use of naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression to one or more persons designated by the patient or, for a patient who is a minor, to the patient's parent or guardian.  (B) A prescriber who fails to offer a prescription, as required by subsection (A)(1), or fails to provide the education and use information required by subsections (A)(2) and (3) may be subject to discipline by the appropriate licensing board. This section does not create a private right of action against a prescriber and does not limit a prescriber's liability for negligent failure to diagnose or treat a patient.  HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 22 (S.571), Section 1, eff July 25, 2021.
SC Code § 44-53-362 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-362. Controlled substance take-back events and mail-back programs; collectors.

 (A) A controlled substance manufacturer, distributer, or reverse distributer; a narcotic treatment program; a hospital or clinic with an onsite pharmacy; or a retail pharmacy operating in the State may apply to be registered as a collector by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, pursuant to 21 C.F.R. 1317.40, to receive Schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances from an ultimate user, or a person entitled to dispose of an ultimate user decedent's property, as part of law enforcement take-back events or collector mail-back programs. A collector must comply with any state and federal requirements to ensure the safe disposal of controlled substances and to prevent diversion of collected controlled substances, including as provided in 21 C.F.R. Part 1317.  (B) The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall develop guidance for pharmacies and other entities qualified to register as a collector to encourage participation. The department shall coordinate with law enforcement, health care providers, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to encourage registration as a collector and to promote public awareness of controlled substance take-back events and mail-back programs.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 76 (H.3817), Section 1, eff May 19, 2017.
SC Code § 44-53-365 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-365. Theft of controlled substance; penalty.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person to take or exercise control over a controlled substance, the immediate precursor of a controlled substance, or ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine belonging to another person or entity with the intent to deprive the person or entity of the controlled substance, the immediate precursor, or ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine.  (B) A person who knowingly and intentionally violates subsection (A):  (1) for a first offense, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both; and  (2) for a second or subsequent violation, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than ten years or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff September 26, 2002; 2005 Act No. 127, Section 3, eff June 7, 2005.  Editor's Note  Section 44-53-160(B) authorizes the Department of Health and Environmental Control to add, delete, or reschedule a substance as a controlled substance when the General Assembly is not in session, and Section 44-53-160(C) requires the department to make such changes to conform to federal law. For a complete and accurate list of controlled substance schedules, please visit the department's website at http://www.scdhec.gov/Health/FHPF/DrugControlRegisterVerify/ControlledSubstanceSchedule/
SC Code § 44-53-376 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|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 to be disposed any waste from the production of methamphetamine or knowingly assist, solicit, or conspire with another to dispose of methamphetamine waste.  (B) A person who violates subsection (A) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction for a first offense, must be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both. Upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense, a person must be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.  (C) If a person is convicted of a violation of this section, in a manner that requires an emergency or environmental response, the person convicted must be required to make restitution to all public entities involved in the emergency response, to cover the reasonable cost of their participation in the emergency response. The convicted person shall make the restitution in addition to any other fine or penalty required by law.  (D) Exempt from the provisions of this section are the individuals, entities, agencies, law enforcement groups, and those otherwise authorized, who are lawfully tasked with the proper disposal of the waste created from methamphetamine production.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 275, Section 3, eff 6 months after approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 4, 2006).
SC Code § 44-53-378 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-378. Exposing child to methamphetamine.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person who is eighteen years of age or older to:  (1) either directly or by extraction from natural substances, or independently by means of chemical processes, or both, unlawfully manufacture amphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, or methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers in the presence of a minor child; or  (2) knowingly permit a child to be in an environment where a person is selling, offering for sale, or having in such person's possession with intent to sell, deliver, distribute, prescribe, administer, dispense, manufacture, or attempt to manufacture amphetamine or methamphetamine; or  (3) knowingly permit a child to be in an environment where drug paraphernalia or volatile, toxic, or flammable chemicals are stored for the purpose of manufacturing or attempting to manufacture amphetamine or methamphetamine.  (B) A person who violates subsection (A)(1), (2), or (3), upon conviction, for a first offense must be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both. Upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense, the person must be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 5, eff June 16, 2008.  Editor's Note  This section was formerly Section 20-7-105.  Section 44-53-160(B) authorizes the Department of Health and Environmental Control to add, delete, or reschedule a substance as a controlled substance when the General Assembly is not in session, and Section 44-53-160(C) requires the department to make such changes to conform to federal law. For a complete and accurate list of controlled substance schedules, please visit the department's website at http://www.scdhec.gov/Health/FHPF/DrugControlRegisterVerify/ControlledSubstanceSchedule/
SC Code § 44-53-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-380. Prohibited acts B; penalties.

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person:  (1) Who is subject to the requirements of Sections 44-53-280 to 44-53-360 to distribute or dispense a controlled substance in violation of Section 44-53-360;  (2) Who is a registrant to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance not authorized by his registration to another registrant or other authorized person;  (3) To omit, remove, alter, or obliterate a symbol required by the Federal Controlled Substances Act or this article;  (4) To refuse or fail to make, keep, or furnish any record, notification, order form, statement, invoice, or information required under this article;  (5) To refuse any entry into any premises or inspection authorized by this article;  (6) Knowingly to keep or maintain any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or any place whatever, which is resorted to by persons using controlled substances in violation of this article for the purpose of using such substances, or which is used for the keeping or selling of the same in violation of this article; or  (7) Who is subject to the requirements of this article to fail to register as provided in Section 44-53-280 to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances prior to his engaging in such manufacturing, distribution, or dispensing.  (b) Any person who violates this section is punishable by a civil fine of not more than one thousand dollars; provided, that, if the violation is prosecuted by an information or indictment which alleges that the violation was committed knowingly or intentionally, and the trier of fact specifically finds that the violation was committed knowingly or intentionally, such person shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for not more than five years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, except that if such person is a corporation it shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one hundred thousand dollars. Imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to this item shall not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction for a criminal offense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1510.50; 1971 (57) 800; 1975 (59) 104.  Editor's Note  Section 44-53-160(B) authorizes the Department of Health and Environmental Control to add, delete, or reschedule a substance as a controlled substance when the General Assembly is not in session, and Section 44-53-160(C) requires the department to make such changes to conform to federal law. For a complete and accurate list of controlled substance schedules, please visit the department's website at http://www.scdhec.gov/Health/FHPF/DrugControlRegisterVerify/ControlledSubstanceSchedule/
SC Code § 44-53-391 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|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 for sale, manufacture, possess, sell or deliver, or to possess with the intent to deliver, or sell paraphernalia.  (b) In determining whether an object is paraphernalia, a court or other authority shall consider, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, the following:  (1) Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use;  (2) The proximity of the object to controlled substances;  (3) The existence of any residue of controlled substances on the object;  (4) Direct or circumstantial evidence of the intent of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, to deliver it to persons whom he knows, or should reasonably know, intend to use the object to facilitate a violation of law; the innocence of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, as to a direct violation of law shall not prevent a finding that the object is intended for use, or designed for use as drug paraphernalia;  (5) Instructions, oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use;  (6) Descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use;  (7) National and local advertising concerning it use;  (8) The manner in which the object is displayed for sale;  (9) Whether the owner, or anyone in control of the object, is a legitimate supplier of like or related items to the community, such as a licensed distributor or dealer of tobacco products;  (10) Direct or circumstantial evidence of the ratio of sales of the object to the total sales of the business enterprise;  (11) The existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community;  (12) Expert testimony concerning its use.  (c) Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil fine of not more than five hundred dollars except that a corporation shall be subject to a civil fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars. Imposition of such fine shall not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction for a criminal offense.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 400, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-53-392 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-392. Weight of controlled substance.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the weight of any controlled substance referenced in this article is the weight of that substance in pure form or any compound or mixture thereof.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 604, Section 9.
SC Code § 44-53-395 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-395. Prohibited acts; penalties.

 (A) It shall be unlawful:  (1) for any practitioner to issue any prescription document signed in blank. The issuance of such document signed in blank shall be prima facie evidence of a conspiracy to violate this section. The possession of prescription document signed in blank by a person other than the person whose signature appears thereon shall be deemed prima facie evidence of a conspiracy between the possessor and the signer to violate the provisions of this section;  (2) for any person other than a practitioner registered with the Department under this article to possess a blank prescription not completed and signed by the practitioner whose name appears printed thereon;  (3) for any person to withhold the information from a practitioner that such person is obtaining controlled substances of like therapeutic use in a concurrent time period from another practitioner.  (B) Any person who knowingly and intentionally violates this section a first time shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a term of imprisonment for not more than two years or by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, or both. Any person who knowingly and intentionally violates this section a second or subsequent time shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by a term of imprisonment for not more than five years.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 546, Section 2.