TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - South Carolina
A1  - Feinberg, William J.
PY  - 2015
T2  - Pharmacy Law—Examination and Board Review
AB  - Composition  Board  of  Pharmacy1.  The  Board  of  Pharmacy  comprises  nine  members,  who  are  appointed  by  the  Governor  and  approved  by  the  Senate.Seven  members  are  pharmacists  who  represent  each  of  the  seven  Congressional  districts.  These  members  must  reside  in  the  district  they  represent,  possess  a  license  in  good  standing  to  practice  pharmacy  in  South  Carolina,  and  be  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  pharmacy.  They  shall  serve  terms  of  six  years  or  until  their  successors  are  appointed  with  two  term  limits.Note:  In  2010,  a  seventh  Congressional  District  was  created  in  South  Carolina.  It  was  determined  an  update  in  statute  was  not  required  within  individual  professional  practice  acts  as  the  change  was  implemented  at  the  agency  level.Two  at-large  members  (a  lay  member  and  a  pharmacist)  shall  serve  conterminously  with  the  appointing  governor.  If  no  hospital  pharmacist  is  selected  to  represent  any  of  the  Congressional  districts,  the  governor  shall  appoint  a  hospital  pharmacist  as  the  pharmacist  at  large.South  Carolina  Pharmacy  Practice  Act.  The  purpose  of  this  chapter  is  to  promote,  preserve,  and  protect  the  public  health,  safety,  and  welfare  by  and  through  the  effective  control  and  regulation  of  the  practice  of  pharmacy;  the  licensure  of  pharmacists;  the  licensure,  permitting,  control,  and  regulation  of  all  sites  or  persons,  in  or  out  of  this  State,  that  distribute,  manufacture,  possess,  or  sell  drugs  or  devices  within  this  State,  as  may  be  used  in  the  diagnosis,  treatment,  and  prevention  of  injury,  illness,  and  disease  of  a  patient  or  other  individual.2Responsibilities3  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  include  the  following:Regulating  the  practice  of  pharmacy.Regulating  the  sale  and  dispensing  of  drugs,  poisons,  devices.Establishing  minimum  specifications  for  facilities.Confining  to  prescription  order  a  drug  found  to  be  dangerous  to  public  if  dispensed  without  a  prescription.Seizing  drugs  and  devices  constituting  imminent  dangers  to  public  health.Promulgating  regulations  necessary  to  carry  out  the  Pharmacy  Practice  Act.Regulating  certain  personnel  and  facilities  engaging  in  the  practice  of  pharmacy.Adopt  professional  rules  of  conduct  for  pharmacists.Board  of  Pharmacy  Inspections4The  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  its  own  staff  of  inspectors  to  conduct  all  pharmacy  inspections  and  investigations.  The  chief  drug  inspector  is  the  administrator  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  who  must  also  be  a  pharmacist  licensed  in  South  Carolina.Inspectors  are  pharmacists  licensed  in  South  Carolina  that  perform  biennial  inspections  of  all  facilities  for  compliance  with  the  Pharmacy  Practice  Act.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
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