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2019 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 39 - Trade and Commerce
Chapter 24 - Drug Product Selection Act
Section 39-24-30. Substitution of equivalent drug product authorized; substitution of interchangeable biological product authorized.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 39-24-30 (2019)
(A) As provided in Section 39-24-40, upon receiving a prescription for a brand name product, a registered pharmacist may substitute a drug product of the same dosage form and strength which, in his professional judgment, is a therapeutically equivalent drug product.
(B) As provided in Section 39-24-40, upon receiving a prescription for a specific biological product, a registered pharmacist may substitute an interchangeable biological product.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 595 Section 3; 2017 Act No. 11 (H.3438), Section 2, eff April 24, 2017.
Effect of Amendment
2017 Act No. 11, Section 2, inserted paragraph designator (A), and added (B), relating to the substitution of interchangeable biological products.
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