Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 117 - Prescription Information Privacy Act

• ACOTE: means the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• AOTA: means the American Occupational Therapy Association. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Board: means the State Board of Pharmacy. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
• Board: means the South Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation;
  
  (5) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or the director's official designee;
  
  (6) "Licensee" means a person granted an authorization to practice pursuant to this article and refers to a person holding a license, permit, certification, or registration granted pursuant to this article;
  
  (7) "Licensing act" means the individual statute or regulations, or both, of each regulated profession or occupation which include, but are not limited to, board governance, the qualifications and requirements for authorization to practice, prohibitions, and disciplinary procedures;
  
  (8) "Person" means an individual, partnership, or corporation;
  
  (9) "Profession" or "occupation" means a profession or occupation regulated or administered, or both, by the department pursuant to this article. See South Carolina Code 40-1-20
• Digital signature: means an electronic signature based upon cryptographic methods of originator authentication and computed by using a set of rules and set of parameters so that the identity of the signer and the integrity of the data can be verified. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
• Electronic signature: means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
• Electronic transmission: means transmission of information by electronic means, including computer to computer, computer to facsimile machine, electronic device to computer, e-mail, or the transmission of the exact visual image of a document by way of electronic equipment. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• NBCOT: means the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Occupational therapist: means a person licensed to practice occupational therapy. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Occupational therapy: means the functional evaluation and treatment of individuals whose ability to cope with the tasks of living are threatened or impaired by developmental deficits, the aging process, poverty and cultural differences, physical injury or illness, or psychological or social disability. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Occupational therapy assistant: means a person licensed to assist in the practice of occupational therapy under the supervision of an occupational therapist. See South Carolina Code 40-36-20
• Patient prescription drug information: means data that is conveyed by or on behalf of a practitioner in ordering a prescription drug or device before being dispensed and that identifies the patient as the recipient of the prescription drug or device. See South Carolina Code 44-117-20
• Practitioner: means a health care professional licensed in this State who is authorized by law to issue prescription drug orders. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
• Practitioner: means a licensed health care professional authorized under state law to order a prescription drug or device. See South Carolina Code 44-117-20
• Prescription drug or device: means a drug or device that is dispensed pursuant to the order of a practitioner. See South Carolina Code 44-117-20
• prescription drug order: means a lawful order of a practitioner for a drug or device for a specific patient that is communicated to a pharmacist. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
• Routing company: means a business that electronically receives a prescription or any other confidential information from a prescriber and transmits the prescription or confidential information to or from the pharmacy specified by the patient in accordance with a contract between the routing company and the prescriber or a company that provides computer software for the management of the prescriber's practice. See South Carolina Code 44-117-310
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.