{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-53-395","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-53-395","heading":"Prohibited acts; penalties.","body":"(A) It shall be unlawful:\n(1) for any practitioner to issue any prescription document signed in blank. The issuance of such document signed in blank shall be prima facie evidence of a conspiracy to violate this section. The possession of prescription document signed in blank by a person other than the person whose signature appears thereon shall be deemed prima facie evidence of a conspiracy between the possessor and the signer to violate the provisions of this section;\n(2) for any person other than a practitioner registered with the Department under this article to possess a blank prescription not completed and signed by the practitioner whose name appears printed thereon;\n(3) for any person to withhold the information from a practitioner that such person is obtaining controlled substances of like therapeutic use in a concurrent time period from another practitioner.\n(B) Any person who knowingly and intentionally violates this section a first time shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a term of imprisonment for not more than two years or by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, or both. Any person who knowingly and intentionally violates this section a second or subsequent time shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by a term of imprisonment for not more than five years.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 53 Poisons, Drugs, and Other Controlled Substances","ARTICLE 3 Narcotics and Controlled Substances"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:33:34Z","sha256":"7c40b69892360c095694c798f252db9c202f130de7b4206e7796ff053eb49a08","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-53-393","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-53-398"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}