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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.985 Ratification Number:329 Act Number:297 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20000111 Primary Sponsor:Waldrep All Sponsors:Waldrep, Hayes Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\nbd\11572ac00.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20000517 Date of Last Amendment:20000314 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:20000526 Subject:Pharmacy technician, voluntary service at free medical clinic; may register without fee if supervised by pharmacists History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20000606 Act No. A297 ------ 20000526 Signed by Governor ------ 20000523 Ratified R329 House 20000517 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 20000516 Request for debate withdrawn by Representative Trotter House 20000516 Read second time House 20000509 Debate adjourned House 20000504 Request for debate withdrawn by Representative Leach House 20000426 Request for debate by Representative Fleming Trotter Cooper Leach Koon House 20000419 Committee report: Favorable 27 H3M House 20000317 Introduced, read first time, 27 H3M referred to Committee Senate 20000316 Read third time, sent to House ------ 20000315 Scrivener's error corrected Senate 20000314 Amended, read second time ------ 20000313 Scrivener's error corrected Senate 20000309 Committee report: Favorable with 13 SMA amendment Senate 20000119 Co-Sponsor added by Senator Hayes Senate 20000111 Introduced, read first time, 13 SMA referred to Committee Senate 19991207 Prefiled, referred to Committee 13 SMA Versions of This Bill Revised on March 9, 2000 - Word format Revised on March 13, 2000 - Word format Revised on March 14, 2000 - Word format Revised on March 15, 2000 - Word format Revised on April 19, 2000 - Word format
(A297, R329, S985)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-82, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF PHARMACY TECHNICIANS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO VOLUNTEERS AT A FREE MEDICAL CLINIC UNDER THE PERSONAL SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED PHARMACIST OR WHO HANDLES LEGEND DRUGS IN SUCH A CLINIC STAFFED BY A PHARMACIST, MAY REGISTER AS A PHARMACY TECHNICIAN WITHOUT PAYING A REGISTRATION FEE OR FILING WITH THE BOARD IF A REGISTER IS MAINTAINED AT THE CLINIC AND THESE RECORDS ARE MAINTAINED FOR THREE YEARS; AND TO LIMIT THIS REGISTRATION TO FREE MEDICAL CLINICS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Volunteer pharmacy technicians
SECTION 1. Section 40-43-82 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 366 of 1998, is amended by adding a new subitem at the end to read:
"(D) Notwithstanding the requirements of this section or any other provision of law or regulation, an individual who works as an unpaid volunteer under the personal supervision of a licensed pharmacist or who handles legend drugs in a pharmacy department of a free medical clinic staffed by a licensed pharmacist may be registered as a pharmacy technician and perform pharmacy functions as a pharmacy technician without payment of a registration fee or filing with the board; provided, that a register is maintained in the pharmacy department of the free medical clinic bearing the name of every such volunteer performing pharmacy functions as a pharmacy technician and documenting each volunteer's period of service. This special registration shall be valid only in the free medical clinic. The register must be kept for a period of three years. For the purposes of this section, 'free medical clinic' means a permitted facility that provides medical services, including the dispensing of legend drugs and other medications, free of any charge to members of the public."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 23rd day of May, 2000.
Approved the 26th day of May, 2000.
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