Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3624 Ratification Number:438 Act Number:400 Introducing Body:House Subject:Relating to licenses for pharmacists and assistant pharmacists
(A400, R438, H3624)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-230, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LICENSES FOR PHARMACISTS AND ASSISTANT PHARMACISTS AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-420, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO PHARMACY PERMITS SO AS TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL RENEWAL FEES THEREFOR.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Renewal fee
SECTION 1. Section 40-43-230 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 300 of 1982, is further amended to read:
"Section 40-43-230. Every person holding a license as a pharmacist or assistant pharmacist shall pay to the secretary or inspector on or before the first day of July in each year a renewal fee of thirty-five dollars for which a renewal certificate for one year must beissued. In case any person defaults for more than sixty days after the first day of July in each year in paying this renewal fee and securing a renewal license certificate, a penalty of fifty dollars must be paid for the default. In case the default shall continue for one year or more then a penalty of one hundred dollars must be paid and collected in addition to the renewal fee before issuing a renewal license. If the delinquency continues for more than two years then the original license must be cancelled. Upon payment of a penalty of one hundred fifty dollars and the renewal fees due, the Board may restore the defaulting member if otherwise in good standing."
Fee
SECTION 2. Section 40-43-420 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 362 of 1980, is further amended to read:
"Section 40-43-420. The fee for a permit to open a new pharmacy is one hundred dollars and for the annual renewal of a permit to operate a pharmacy is fifty dollars."
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.