EXISTING UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVED INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUG STUDIES CONCERNING MEDICAL CANNABIS. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. Section 44-53-110 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: "Section 44-53-110. As used in this article and Sections 444910, 444940, and 444950: (1) 'Administer' means the direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by: (1)(a) a practitioner (or, in his presence, by his authorized agent); or (2)(b) the patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner. (2) 'Agent' means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser, except that this term does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the carrier or warehouseman, when acting in the usual or lawful course of the carrier's or warehouseman's business. (3) 'Bureau' the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, United States Department of Justice, or its successor agency. (4) 'Commission' the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. (5) 'Confidant' means a medical practitioner, a pharmacist, a pharmacologist, a psychologist, a psychiatrist, a fulltime staff member of a college or university counseling bureau, a guidance counselor or a teacher in an elementary school or in a junior or senior high school, a fulltime staff member of a hospital, a duly ordained and licensed member of the clergy, accredited Christian Science practitioner, or any professional or paraprofessional staff member of a drug treatment, education, rehabilitation, or referral center who has received a communication from a holder of the privilege.
EXISTING UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVED INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUG STUDIES CONCERNING MEDICAL CANNABIS. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. Section 44-53-110 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: "Section 44-53-110. As used in this article and Sections 444910, 444940, and 444950: (1) 'Administer' means the direct application of a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a patient or research subject by: (1)(a) a practitioner (or, in his presence, by his authorized agent); or (2)(b) the patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner. (2) 'Agent' means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser, except that this term does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the carrier or warehouseman, when acting in the usual or lawful course of the carrier's or warehouseman's business. (3) 'Bureau' the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, United States Department of Justice, or its successor agency. (4) 'Commission' the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. (5) 'Confidant' means a medical practitioner, a pharmacist, a pharmacologist, a psychologist, a psychiatrist, a fulltime staff member of a college or university counseling bureau, a guidance counselor or a teacher in an elementary school or in a junior or senior high school, a fulltime staff member of a hospital, a duly ordained and licensed member of the clergy, accredited Christian Science practitioner, or any professional or paraprofessional staff member of a drug treatment, education, rehabilitation, or referral center who has received a communication from a holder of the privilege.
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