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| Bill | Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians | AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-30, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT CONSTITUTE THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY AND TO DEFINE THE TERM "DIRECT SUPERVISION"; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-40, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PHARMACY, SO AS TO REVISE THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-84, RELATING TO PHARMACY INTERNS AND EXTERNS, SO AS TO REVISE SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-190, RELATING TO PROTOCOL FOR PHARMACISTS TO ADMINISTER VACCINES WITHOUT PRACTITIONER ORDERS OR PRESCRIPTIONS, SO AS TO LOWER THE AUTHORIZED VACCINATION RECIPIENT AGE TO SIXTEEN YEARS, TO PROVIDE INFORMED CONSENT REQUIREMENTS, TO PROVIDE PHARMACY TECHNICIANS MAY ADMINISTER VACCINATIONS UNDER PHARMACIST SUPERVISION, TO REVISE REQUIREMENTS FOR PHARMACY INTERNS TO MAKE VACCINATIONS, AND TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES TO RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-200, RELATING TO THE JOINT PHARMACIST ADMINISTERED VACCINES COMMITTEE, SO AS TO REVISE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. - RATIFIED TITLE | us/states/sc | South Carolina General Assembly | 2023-2024 | H 3988 | South Carolina H 3988 (2023-2024) |
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South Carolina H 3988 (2023-2024) — Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-30, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT CONSTITUTE THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY AND TO DEFINE THE TERM "DIRECT SUPERVISION"; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-40, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PHARMACY, SO AS TO REVISE THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-84, RELATING TO PHARMACY INTERNS AND EXTERNS, SO AS TO REVISE SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-190, RELATING TO PROTOCOL FOR PHARMACISTS TO ADMINISTER VACCINES WITHOUT PRACTITIONER ORDERS OR PRESCRIPTIONS, SO AS TO LOWER THE AUTHORIZED VACCINATION RECIPIENT AGE TO SIXTEEN YEARS, TO PROVIDE INFORMED CONSENT REQUIREMENTS, TO PROVIDE PHARMACY TECHNICIANS MAY ADMINISTER VACCINATIONS UNDER PHARMACIST SUPERVISION, TO REVISE REQUIREMENTS FOR PHARMACY INTERNS TO MAKE VACCINATIONS, AND TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES TO RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-200, RELATING TO THE JOINT PHARMACIST ADMINISTERED VACCINES COMMITTEE, SO AS TO REVISE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. - RATIFIED TITLE
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Filed (filed) — source
- 02/16/2023 (committee substitute) — source
- 02/28/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/15/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/19/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/20/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 03/21/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 04/23/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 04/30/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 05/01/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 05/08/2024 (committee substitute) — source
- 06/26/2024 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- to lay on the table — 20–22 (fail) · upper
- to adopt the conference report — 42–0 (pass) · upper
- Table Amendment 2 — 91–9 (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate Amendments — 0–104 (fail) · lower
- 2nd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
- Table Amendment 4 — 80–19 (pass) · lower
- Passage of Bill — 104–2 (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — 89–17 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- B.J. Cox — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Forrest — primary (person)
- Guffey — primary (person)
- Kirby — primary (person)
- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
- Pedalino — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-16 Introduced and read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2023-02-16 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
referral-committee - 2023-03-15 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Forrest
- 2024-02-13 Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Herbkersman
- 2024-02-28 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-02-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wheeler
- 2024-03-01 Scrivener's error corrected
- 2024-03-06 Debate adjourned
- 2024-03-07 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Harris
- 2024-03-07 Debate adjourned
- 2024-03-07 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Kirby
- 2024-03-15 Scrivener's error corrected
- 2024-03-19 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Guffey
- 2024-03-19 Amended
amendment-passage - 2024-03-20 Amended
amendment-passage - 2024-03-20 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-03-20 Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-2
- 2024-03-21 Read third time and sent to Senate
passage, reading-3 - 2024-03-21 Scrivener's error corrected
- 2024-03-26 Introduced and read first time
introduction, reading-1 - 2024-03-26 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
referral-committee - 2024-04-23 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-04-30 Committee Amendment Adopted
amendment-passage - 2024-05-01 Scrivener's error corrected
- 2024-05-07 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-05-07 Amended
amendment-passage - 2024-05-08 Read third time and returned to House with amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2024-05-08 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
- 2024-05-09 Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
- 2024-05-09 Roll call Yeas-0 Nays-104
- 2024-05-09 Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Martin, Hutto, Cromer
- 2024-05-09 Conference committee appointed Davis, MM Smith, W Jones
- 2024-06-26 Conference report received and adopted
- 2024-06-26 Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
- 2024-06-26 Conference report received and adopted
- 2024-06-26 Roll call Yeas-89 Nays-17
- 2024-06-26 Ordered enrolled for ratification
- 2024-06-27 Ratified R 246
- 2024-07-02 Signed By Governor
executive-signature - 2024-07-17 Effective date 07/02/24
- 2024-07-17 Act No. 221
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/076f4c88-5c4e-4ac5-a0dd-b277e0bbb817. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).