Bill Text: SC S0980 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Veterinarians and prescription drugs
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-21 - Act No. 274 [S0980 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2015-S0980-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND CHAPTER 69, TITLE 40 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO VETERINARIANS, BY ADDING SECTION 40-69-305 TO REQUIRE ALL PRESCRIPTION DRUGS DISPENSED TO AN ANIMAL'S OWNER TO BE LABELED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW; AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING THIS SECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 69, Title 40 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 40-69-305. (A) The dispensing of a prescription drug to the owner of an end user for the treatment of a bodily injury or disease of an animal shall be unlawful, unless labeled with all information required by state and federal law and prescribed by a veterinarian licensed under this Chapter.
(B) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
