2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 6 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Section 44-6-1030. Recommendation of therapeutic classes of drugs to be included on preferred drug list.
The committee must recommend to the department therapeutic classes of drugs that should be included on a preferred drug list. For those recommended classes, the committee shall recommend the drug or drugs considered preferred within that class based on safety and efficacy. In determining safety and efficacy, the committee may consider all submitted public comment or clinical information including, but not limited to, scientific evidence, standards of practice, peer-reviewed medical literature, randomized clinical trials, pharmacoeconomic studies, and outcomes research data. The committee also shall recommend prior authorization criteria for nonpreferred drugs in the recommended therapeutic classes.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 4.C.1, eff July 1, 2008.
