South Carolina § 44-53-490 - Drug inspectors.
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§ 44-53-490. Drug inspectors.
The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall designate persons holding a degree in pharmacy to serve as drug inspectors. Such inspectors shall, from time to time, but no less than once every three years, inspect all practitioners and registrants who manufacture, dispense, or distribute controlled substances, including those persons exempt from registration but who are otherwise permitted to keep controlled substances for specific purposes. The drug inspector shall submit an annual report by the first day of each year to the Department and a copy to the Office of Substance Use Services specifying the name of the practitioner or the registrant or such exempt persons inspected, the date of inspection and any other violations of this article.
The Department may employ other persons as agents and assistant inspectors to aid in the enforcement of those duties delegated to the Department by this article.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 32-1510.61; 1971 (57) 800; 1974 (58) 2228.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 44-53-490 ("Drug inspectors.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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