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SC Code § 44-53-1400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|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 must be as follows:  (1) A judge or magistrate of a court having jurisdiction where the investigation is to be conducted, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, may issue warrants for the purpose of conducting investigations authorized by this article or regulations promulgated pursuant to this article and removing samples of objects from the premises appropriate to the investigations. For the purpose of this section, "probable cause" exists when the circumstances indicate there is reason to believe a child has been exposed or is at risk of being exposed to a lead-based hazard at the premises specified in the warrant.  (2) A warrant must be issued only upon an affidavit of a department employee designated and having knowledge of the facts alleged, sworn to before the judge or magistrate and establishing the grounds for issuing the warrant. If the judge or magistrate is satisfied that grounds for the application exist or that there is probable cause to believe they exist, the judge or magistrate shall issue a warrant identifying the area, premises, building, or conveyance to be investigated, the purpose of the investigation, and, where appropriate, the type of property to be investigated. The warrant must authorize the removal of samples of objects for laboratory analysis, where appropriate. The warrant must be directed to a designated department employee to execute it. The warrant must state the grounds for issuance and the name of the person or persons whose affidavit has been taken in support of the warrant. The warrant must command the person to whom it is directed to investigate the area, premises, building, or conveyance identified for the purpose specified and, where appropriate, authorize removal of samples of objects for laboratory analysis. The warrant must direct that it be served during reasonable hours and must designate the judge or magistrate to whom it must be returned.  (3) A warrant issued pursuant to this section must be executed and returned within ten days of the date of issuance.  (4) The judge or magistrate who has issued a warrant under this section shall attach to the warrant a copy of the return and all papers filed in connection with the warrant and shall cause these papers to be filed with the court which issued the warrant.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 78, Section 10; 2005 Act No. 142, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 44-53-1430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|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 unit or is routinely present at a childcare facility in which a lead-based hazard has been identified, the department shall:  (1) post in or upon the dwelling, dwelling unit, or childcare facility, in a conspicuous place, notice of the existence of the hazard. The notice must not be removed until the department determines that the identified lead-based hazard has been remediated.  (2) give written notice of the existence of the lead-based hazard to the householder occupying the dwelling, dwelling unit, or childcare facility.  (3) give written notice of the existence of the lead-based hazard to the property owner and order that the hazard be remediated within a reasonable period of time.  (B) The property owner of a building subject to this article has the right to appeal the order of the department as a contested case.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 78, Section 13; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1122; 2005 Act No. 142, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 44-53-1440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1440. Restriction on rental; existing occupants.

 A person must not rent or offer for occupancy a dwelling or dwelling unit to be occupied by children which has been posted and ordered remediated of lead-based hazards until the identified hazards have been remediated. If the presence of the lead-based hazard becomes known when the dwelling or dwelling unit is already rented to a family with children, the family of the children must not be evicted for that reason.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 78, Section 14; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1123; 2005 Act No. 142, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 44-53-1450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1450. Regulations.

 The department may promulgate regulations as necessary to carry out the intent and provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 78, Section 15; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1124; 2005 Act No. 142, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 44-53-1460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1460. Legal actions not affected.

 Nothing in this article may be interpreted or applied in any manner to defeat or impair the right of a person, municipality, or other political entity to maintain an action or suit for damages sustained, or equitable relief of, for violation of an ordinance by reason of, or in connection with, a violation of this article.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 78, Section 16; 2005 Act No. 142, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 44-53-1480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1480. Penalties.

 A person who knowingly violates a provision of this article or an order of the department issued pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined or imprisoned not more than the maximum allowed by the magistrates' courts in this State. Each day's violation constitutes a separate offense. Isolated lead-based hazard violations existing in dwellings, dwelling units, or childcare facilities must be considered separate violations.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 78, Section 18; 2005 Act No. 142, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 44-53-1485 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1485. Civil penalties.

 A person who violates a provision of this article or a final determination or order of the department issued pursuant to this article is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars a day.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 142, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 44-53-1490 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1490. Private causes of action; action by municipality.

 (A) A violation of this article does not give rise to a private cause of action. However, this article does not prohibit a person from commencing an action for damages or injunctive relief pursuant to other law; and this article does not prohibit an action by a municipality or other governmental entity for damages or injunctive relief or an action authorized by other law or regulation.  (B) This section does not prohibit the introduction of evidence of failure to comply with the provisions of this article in establishing the appropriate standard of care in the other action.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 142, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 44-53-1495 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1495. Funding contingency.

 The provisions of this article are contingent upon the appropriation of state general funds or the availability of financial support from other sources.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 142, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 44-53-1510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1510. Definition of "anabolic steroid"; exceptions.

 (A) The term "anabolic steroid" includes any of the following or any isomer, ester, salt, or derivative of the following that acts in the same manner on the human body:  (1) clostebol;  (2) dehydrochlormethyltestosterone;  (3) ethylestrenol;  (4) fluoxymesterone;  (5) mesterolone;  (6) methandienone;  (7) methandrostenolone;  (8) methenolone;  (9) methyltestosterone;  (10) nandrolone;  (11) norethandrolone;  (12) oxandrolone;  (13) oxymesterone;  (14) oxymetholone;  (15) stanozolol; and  (16) testosterone.  (B) Anabolic steroids that are expressly intended for administration through implants to cattle or other nonhuman species, and that are approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for this use, are not considered anabolic steroids as defined by this article and are not governed by its provisions.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 115, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-53-1520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1520. Unprofessional conduct to dispense under certain circumstances.

 It is unprofessional conduct, and is not a valid medical purpose, for a practitioner or veterinarian to prescribe, dispense, or administer an anabolic steroid, or a pharmacist to dispense an anabolic steroid, for the purpose of the hormonal manipulation that is intended to increase muscle mass, strength, or weight without a medical necessity to do so, or for the intended purpose of improving performance in any form of exercise, sport, or game.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 115, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-53-1550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1550. What constitutes a prior offense.

 For purposes of determining whether or not a person has committed a second or subsequent offense under the provisions of this article, a violation of any other provision of this article or provision of law of the United States or any state, territory, or district, relating to an anabolic steroid, constitutes a prior offense.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 115, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-53-1610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1610. Citation of article.

 This article may be cited as the "South Carolina Prescription Monitoring Act".  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 396, Section 1, eff June 14, 2006.
SC Code § 44-53-1620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1620. Purpose.

 This article is intended to improve the state's ability to identify and stop diversion of prescription drugs in an efficient and cost effective manner that will not impede the appropriate medical utilization of licit controlled substances.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 396, Section 1, eff June 14, 2006.
SC Code § 44-53-1630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1630. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Authorized delegate" means an individual who is approved as having access to the prescription monitoring program and who is directly supervised by an authorized practitioner or pharmacist.  (2) "Controlled substances" means those substances listed in Schedules II, III, and IV of the schedules provided for in Sections 44-53-210, 44-53-230, 44-53-250, and 44-53-270.  (3) "Dispenser" means a person who delivers a Schedule II-IV controlled substance to the ultimate user, but does not include:  (a) a licensed hospital pharmacy that distributes controlled substances for the purpose of inpatient hospital care or dispenses prescriptions for controlled substances at the time of discharge from the hospital;  (b) a practitioner or other authorized person who administers these controlled substances; or  (c) a wholesale distributor of a Schedule II-IV controlled substance.  (4) "Drug control" means the Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Drug Control.  (5) "Patient" means the person or animal who is the ultimate user of a drug for whom a prescription is issued or for whom a drug is dispensed, or both.  (6) "Practitioner" means an individual authorized pursuant to state and federal law to prescribe controlled substances.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 396, Section 1, eff June 14, 2006; 2014 Act No. 244 (S.840), Section 1, eff June 6, 2014; 2017 Act No. 91 (H.3824), Section 2, eff May 19, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 91, Section 2, in the introductory paragraph, substituted "article" for "section"; redesignated (5), relating to the definition of authorized delegate, as (1), and redesignated accordingly; and added (6), relating to the definition of practitioner.
SC Code § 44-53-1655 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1655. Practitioner prescription report cards.

 (A) The department shall develop and maintain as part of the prescription monitoring program a system to provide prescription report cards to practitioners to inform the practitioner about certain prescribing trends. The report card must provide, at a minimum:  (1) a comparison of the practitioner's number of prescriptions issued per month by therapeutic class code or by specific substances to peer averages by specialty throughout the State;  (2) a comparison of the practitioner's number of milligrams prescribed per month by therapeutic class code or by specific substances to peer averages by specialty throughout the State;  (3) the total number of patients receiving ninety morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) or more a day;  (4) the total number of patients receiving opioid medications for thirty days or more;  (5) the total number of patients receiving opioids and benzodiazepines medications at the same time;  (6) the total number of patients issued prescriptions from three or more practitioners;  (7) the total number of patients filling prescriptions at three or more pharmacies;  (8) the total number of patients with controlled substance prescriptions whose dispensing dates overlap;  (9) the total number of patients obtaining refills on their prescriptions more than one week early; and  (10) the total number of prescription drug monitoring program queries made by the practitioner and a ratio of the queries to the number of patients or prescriptions issued.  The report card also must provide data on the number of practitioners registered against which the comparisons of items (1) and (2) are being made and any other demographic data relating to the pool of practitioners and may include regional or nationwide prescribing comparison data that would be useful to the practitioner. Prescription report cards, data, documents, records, and any other information accessed or compiled in preparing prescription report cards, are confidential and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or introduction into evidence in any civil action, unless confidentiality is waived by the practitioner.  (B) The department shall coordinate with the Board of Medical Examiners and any other appropriate professional boards as part of the development and implementation of a prescription report card program. The department may contract with another agency of the State or with a private vendor, as necessary, to ensure effective operation of the report card program, as provided in Section 44-53-1660, and may apply for public or private grants or other funding to develop, implement, and maintain the program.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 201 (S.918), Section 2, eff November 15, 2018.  Editor's Note  2018 Act No. 201, Section 4, provides as follows:  "SECTION 4. SECTION 2 is effective six months after the effective date of this act. All other SECTIONS are effective upon approval by the Governor."
SC Code § 44-53-1660 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1660. Contract for administration by other state agency or private vendor.

 Drug control may contract with another agency of this State or with a private vendor, as necessary, to ensure the effective operation of the prescription monitoring program. A contractor shall comply with the provisions regarding confidentiality of prescription information in Section 44-53-1650 and is subject to the penalties specified in Section 44-53-1680 for unlawful acts.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 396, Section 1, eff June 14, 2006.
SC Code § 44-53-1670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1670. Promulgation of regulations.

 Drug control may promulgate regulations setting forth the procedures and methods for implementing this article.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 396, Section 1, eff June 14, 2006.
SC Code § 44-53-1680 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1680. Violations and penalties.

 (A) A dispenser or authorized delegate who knowingly fails to submit prescription monitoring information to drug control as required by this article, or who knowingly submits incorrect prescription information, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.  (B) A person who knowingly discloses prescription monitoring information in violation of this article is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.  (C) A person who knowingly uses prescription monitoring information in a manner or for a purpose in violation of this article is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.  (D) A pharmacist or practitioner, licensed in Title 40, who knowingly discloses prescription monitoring information in a manner or for a purpose in violation of this article shall be reported to his respective board for disciplinary action.  (E) Nothing in this chapter requires a pharmacist to obtain information about a patient from the prescription monitoring program. A practitioner or authorized delegate of a practitioner who knowingly fails to review a patient's controlled substance prescription history, as maintained in the prescription monitoring program, or a practitioner who knowingly fails to consult with his authorized delegate regarding a patient's controlled substance prescription history before issuing a prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance, as required by this article, must be reported to his respective board for disciplinary action.  (F) A pharmacist or practitioner does not have a duty and must not be held liable in damages to any person in any civil or derivative criminal or administrative action for injury, death, or loss to person or property on the basis that the pharmacist or practitioner did or did not seek or obtain information from the prescription monitoring program. A pharmacist or practitioner acting in good faith is immune from any civil, criminal, or administrative liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed for requesting or receiving information from the prescription monitoring program.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 396, Section 1, eff June 14, 2006; 2014 Act No. 244 (S.840), Section 4, eff June 6, 2014; 2017 Act No. 91 (H.3824), Section 4, eff May 19, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 91, Section 4, amended the section, establishing a penalty if a practitioner or authorized delegate fails to review a patient's controlled substance prescription history before prescribing a schedule II controlled substance.
SC Code § 44-53-1810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|Section 44-53-1810. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Academic medical center" means a research hospital that operates a medical residency program for physicians and conducts research that involves human subjects, and other hospital research programs conducting research as a subrecipient with the academic medical center as the prime awardee.  (2) "Approved source" means a provider approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration which produces cannabidiol that:  (a) has been manufactured and tested in a facility approved or certified by the United States Food and Drug Administration or similar national regulatory agency in another country which has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and  (b) has been tested in animals to demonstrate preliminary effectiveness and to ensure that it is safe to administer to humans.  (3) "Cannabidiol" means a finished preparation containing, of its total cannabinoid content, at least 98 percent cannabidiol and not more than 0.90 percent tetrahydrocannabinol by volume that has been extracted from marijuana or synthesized in a laboratory.  (4) "Designated caregiver" means a person who provides informal or formal care to a qualifying patient, with or without compensation, on a temporary or permanent or full-time or part-time basis and includes a relative, household member, day care personnel, and personnel of a public or private institution or facility.  (5) "Pharmacist" means an individual health care provider licensed by this State to engage in the practice of pharmacy.  (6) "Physician" means a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine licensed by the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners.  (7) "Qualifying patient" means anyone who suffers from Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome, also known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy, or any other form of refractory epilepsy that is not adequately treated by traditional medical therapies.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 221 (S.1035), Section 2, eff June 2, 2014.
SC Code § 44-53-1820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 53 - Poisons, Drugs And Other Controlled Substances|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 in this State, if approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to conduct expanded access clinical trials using cannabidiol on qualifying patients with severe forms of epilepsy.  (B) Any physician who is board certified and practicing in an academic medical center in this State and treating patients with severe forms of epilepsy may serve as the principal investigator for such clinical trials if such physician:  (1) applies to and is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as the principal investigator in a statewide investigational new drug application; and  (2) receives a license from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.  (C) Such physician, acting as principal investigator, may include subinvestigators who are also board certified and who practice in an academic medical center in this State and treat patients with severe forms of epilepsy. Such subinvestigators shall comply with subsection (B)(2) of this section.  (D) The principal investigator and all subinvestigators shall adhere to the rules and regulations established by the relevant institutional review board for each participating academic medical center and by the United States Food and Drug Administration, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.  (E) Nothing in this article prohibits a physician licensed in South Carolina from applying for Investigational New Drug authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 221 (S.1035), Section 2, eff June 2, 2014.