South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-4 - Controlled Substances › Part 1100 - Controlled Substances Listed in Schedule II › Section 61-4.1100.1105 - Partial Filling of Prescription

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
(a) The partial filling of a prescription for
				a controlled substance listed in schedule II is permissible, if the pharmacist
				is unable to supply the full quantity called for in a written or emergency oral
				prescription and he makes a notation of the quantity supplied on the face of
				the written prescription (or written record of the emergency oral
				prescription). The remaining portion of the prescription may be filled within
				72 hours of the first partial filling; however, if the remaining portion is not
				or cannot be filled within the 72-hour period, the pharmacist shall so notify
				the prescribing individual practitioner. No further quantity may be supplied
				beyond 72 hours without a new prescription.
(b) Prescriptions for schedule II controlled
				substances issued for patients in long term care facilities (LTCF) or for a
				patient with a medical diagnosis documenting a terminal illness may be
				dispensed in partial quantities, to include individual dosage units. If there
				is any question whether a patient may be classified as having a terminal
				illness, the pharmacist shall contact the practitioner prior to partially
				filling the prescription. Both the pharmacist and the prescribing practitioner
				have a corresponding responsibility to assure that the controlled substance is
				for a terminally ill patient. The pharmacist shall record on the prescription
				whether the patient is "terminally ill" or LTCF patient." A prescription that
				is partially filled and does not contain the notation "terminally ill" or "LTCF
				patient" shall be deemed to have been filled in violation of the Act. For each
				partial dispensing, the pharmacist shall record on the back of the prescription
				the date of the partial dispensing, the quantity dispensed, the remaining
				quantity authorized to be dispensed, and the identification of the dispensing
				pharmacist. Prior to any subsequent partial filling the pharmacist is to
				determine that the additional partial filling is necessary. The total quantity
				of Schedule II controlled substances dispensed in all partial dispensings shall
				not exceed the total quantity prescribed. Schedule II prescriptions, for
				patients in a LTCF or patients with a medical diagnosis documenting a terminal
				illness shall be valid for a period not to exceed 60 days from the issue date
				unless sooner terminated by the discontinuance of medication. This paragraph
				(b) is not applicable to prescriptions issued for residents of community
				residential care facilities or assisted living facilities.
(c) Information pertaining to current
				Schedule II prescriptions for patients in a LTCF may be maintained in a
				computerized system if this system has the capability to permit:
(1) Output (display or printout) of the
				original prescription number, date of issue, identification of prescribing
				individual practitioner, identification of patient, identification of LTCF,
				identification of medication authorized (to include dosage form, strength and
				quantity), listing of partial dispensings that have been dispensed under each
				prescription and the information required in paragraph (b) of this
				section.
(2) Immediate (real time)
				updating of the prescription record each time a partial dispensing of the
				prescription is conducted.
(3)
				Retrieval of partially dispensed Schedule II prescription information is the
				same as required by §§1202(b)(4) and (5) for Schedule III, IV, and V
				prescription refill information.