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• South Carolina Credentialing & Licensure Information Portal
• Elite - Patient Care Reports

To operate as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in South Carolina, you must gain a South Carolina Emergency Medical Technician certification from the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH). To qualify, you must satisfy the following requirements:

Step 1: Successfully complete all sections of a DPH-approved EMT course including the didactic, practical, and clinical requirements

1. A practitioner or pharmacist or authorized delegate who requests information and certifies that the requested information is for the purpose of providing medical or pharmaceutical treatment to a bona fide patient;
2. An individual who requests the individual's own prescription monitoring information in accordance with procedures established pursuant to state law;
3. A designated representative of the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation responsible for the licensure, regulation, or discipline of practitioners, pharmacists, or other persons aut

All dispensers of Schedule II, III, and IV controlled substances are required to collect and report the following information to the data repository managed by Bamboo Health:

PMP Confidentiality Laws, Reporting Violations and Program Fines and Penalities

SECTION 44-53-1680. Violations and penalties.

(A) A dispenser or authorized delegate who knowingly fails to submit prescription monitoring information to drug control as required by this article, or who knowingly submits incorrect prescription information, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

Continuing the efforts to combat the opioid epidemic in South Carolina, the Governor signed H.3728 into law on May 16, 2019, with an effective date of January 1, 2021. Highlights from this law are listed below, and more information on the e-prescribing and opioid antidote administration reporting requirements are contained on this page.

An individual may request a copy of his or her own S.C. Prescription Monitoring Report (PMP). Please fill out the Patient Request for Own PMP form completely and include the desired date range for the report. PMP data is maintained in the system for a rolling 6 years. The form must be notarized and returned with a copy of the individual's current government issued identification. Please be aware the report will only be mailed to the address listed on the government issued identification.

Do

• Use the SCRIPTS report as a tool only. Remember that it is unconfirmed, raw data.
• Discuss the reports with your patients.
• Have delegates register and use their own account.

2024 PMP Annual Report Available Here!

PMP Data Visualizations

The SC Department of Public Health’s Prescription Monitoring Program has created new, public-facing data visualizations that provide insight on controlled substance prescriptions dispensed in the state of South Carolina.