A pharmacist or pharmacy must not provide a computer modem or other similar electronic device to a prescriber, health care facility, or any other third party or provider entity for the purpose of providing an incentive to the practitioner, health care facility, or third party or provider entity that refers patients to a particular pharmacy or department. This does not prohibit a hospital from providing in-house equipment for the use of practitioners and the hospital pharmacy to communicate within the system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-117-370
Pharmacist providing prescriber or health care provider with modem; hospital exception
Known as the Prescription Information Privacy Act
The act spans §§ 44–44 (13 sections).
2007 Act No. 71, SECTION 4.A, eff June 13, 2007.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.