§ 44-117-310 Definitions
§ 44-117-320 Electronic transmission of prescriptions; required conditions; use of routing company
§ 44-117-330 Electronic equipment for receipt of prescription drug orders; security; alterations to prescription drug order data
§ 44-117-340 Applicability of laws and regulations for oral prescription drug orders; records; location of facsimile machine
§ 44-117-350 Protection of confidentiality of prescription information
§ 44-117-360 Improper revealing of confidential information
§ 44-117-370 Pharmacist providing prescriber or health care provider with modem; hospital exception
§ 44-117-380 Compliance with South Carolina Pharmacy Practice Act
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 117 > Article 3 - Electronic Prescription Processing

  • Board: means the State Board of Pharmacy. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Digital signature: means an electronic signature based upon cryptographic methods of originator authentication and computed by using a set of rules and set of parameters so that the identity of the signer and the integrity of the data can be verified. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
  • Electronic signature: means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
  • Electronic transmission: means transmission of information by electronic means, including computer to computer, computer to facsimile machine, electronic device to computer, e-mail, or the transmission of the exact visual image of a document by way of electronic equipment. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Practitioner: means a health care professional licensed in this State who is authorized by law to issue prescription drug orders. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
  • prescription drug order: means a lawful order of a practitioner for a drug or device for a specific patient that is communicated to a pharmacist. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
  • Routing company: means a business that electronically receives a prescription or any other confidential information from a prescriber and transmits the prescription or confidential information to or from the pharmacy specified by the patient in accordance with a contract between the routing company and the prescriber or a company that provides computer software for the management of the prescriber's practice. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310