South Carolina General Assembly
103rd Session, 1979-1980

Bill 789

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               789
Ratification Number:       464
Act Number                 399
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Application for renewal of permits
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(A399, R464, S789)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-390, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL OF PERMITS FOR PHARMACIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR REINSTATING A LAPSED PERMIT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Application for renewal of permits

Section 1. The first paragraph of Section 40-43-390 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Application blanks for renewal permits shall be mailed by the Board to each permittee on or before May first in each year, and if application for renewal is not made on or before the following first day of June, the existing permit shall lapse and become null and void on the date of its expiration, and no new permit will be granted except:

(a) Upon evidence satisfactory to the Board of good and sufficient grounds for the failure to file the application within the prescribed period, and (b) upon payment of a renewal fee and a penalty of fifty dollars; provided, however, that the board before assessing any penalty shall determine that proper notice of the required time of permit renewal was given "

Time effective

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.