(A) As provided in § 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 § 39-24-40, upon receiving a prescription for a specific biological product, a registered pharmacist may substitute an interchangeable biological product.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 39-24-30

  • Brand name: means the proprietary or trade name placed upon a drug, its container, label or wrapping at the time of packaging;

    (2) "Generic name" means the United States Adopted Name (USAN) or the official title of a drug published in the latest edition of a nationally recognized pharmacopoeia or formulary;

    (3) "Substitute" means to dispense, with the practitioner's authorization, a "therapeutically equivalent" generic drug product of identical drug salt or an interchangeable biological product in place of the drug or biological product ordered or prescribed;

    (4) "Therapeutically equivalent" means the same efficacy and toxicity when administered to an individual in the same dosage form; and

    (5) "Practitioner" means a physician, osteopath, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, or any other person authorized to prescribe drugs under the laws of this State. See South Carolina Code 39-24-20
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