South Carolina Code 44-53-1640. Authority to establish and maintain prescription monitoring program; electronic submission of information by dispensers; exemptions
(B)(1) A dispenser shall submit to drug control, by electronic means, information regarding each prescription dispensed for a controlled substance. The following information must be submitted for each prescription:
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 44-53-1640
- 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. See South Carolina Code 44-53-1630
- 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. See South Carolina Code 44-53-1630 - Drug control: means the Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Drug Control. See South Carolina Code 44-53-1630
- 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. See South Carolina Code 44-53-1630
(a) dispenser DEA registration number;
(b) date drug was dispensed;
(c) prescription number;
(d) whether prescription is new or a refill;
(e) NDC code for drug dispensed;
(f) quantity dispensed;
(g) approximate number of days supplied;
(h) patient name;
(i) patient address;
(j) patient date of birth;
(k) prescriber DEA registration number;
(l) date prescription issued by prescriber.
(2) A dispenser shall submit daily to the department the information required pursuant to subsection (B)(1) in accordance with transmission methods and protocols provided in the latest edition of the "ASAP Telecommunications Format for Controlled Substances", developed by the American Society for Automation in Pharmacy.
(3) Drug control may issue a waiver to a dispenser who is unable to submit prescription information by electronic means. The waiver may permit the dispenser to submit prescription information by paper form or other means if all information required pursuant to subsection (B)(1) is submitted in this alternative format.