A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-30, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT SO AS TO DEFINE "OUTSOURCING FACILITY"; AND BY ADDING SECTION 40-43-197 SO AS TO PERMIT A PHARMACY'S OR PHARMACIST'S ACQUISITION, ADMINISTRATION, AND DISPENSATION OF DRUGS COMPOUNDED OR REPACKAGED BY AN OUTSOURCING FACILITY.

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

SECTION 1.  Section 40-43-30 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

(93) "Outsourcing facility" means a facility registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration to operate under Section 503B of the Federal Food and Cosmetic Act.

SECTION 2.  Chapter 43, Title 40 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

    Section 40-43-197. Any person or entity authorized to dispense drugs, including, but not limited to, a pharmacy, institutional pharmacy, or practitioner, may:

    (1) purchase or otherwise acquire drugs compounded or repackaged by an outsourcing facility directly from the outsourcing facility without an order from a practitioner other than, when applicable, the practitioner purchasing or acquiring the drug; and

    (2) administer and dispense drugs purchased or acquired pursuant to item (1) to the same extent as drugs acquired through other authorized means.

SECTION 3.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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