Prescriptions for Minors

2025-2026 Bill 710: Prescriptions for Minors - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 710
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Johnson and Climer
Document Path: SR-0452KM26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate
Summary: Prescriptions for Minors
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

12/10/2025

Senate

Prefiled

12/10/2025

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Family and Veterans' Services

1/13/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 26
)

1/13/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Family and Veterans' Services
(
Senate Journal-page 26
)

1/14/2026

Scrivener's error corrected

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/10/2025
01/14/2026

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION
63-5-380
SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WELFARE OF A MINOR
WHO HAS NOT REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS MUST PROVIDE PRIOR CONSENT TO A
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL TO PRESCRIBE MEDICATION TO
THE MINOR, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WELFARE OF A
MINOR TO WHOM MEDICATION IS PRESCRIBED MAY NOT BE PROHIBITED FROM REVIEWING THE
MINOR'S PRESCRIPTION RECORDS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THOSE RECORDS ARE MAINTAINED
WITH THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN'S PRESCRIPTION RECORDS OR ARE MAINTAINED
SEPARATELY IN THE MINOR'S NAME, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS.

B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

S
ECTION 1.
A
rticle 3, Chapter 5, Title 63 of the S.C. Code is
amended by adding:

S
ection
63-5-380
.
(
A) For the purposes of
this section, "person responsible for the welfare of the minor" or "person
responsible for the welfare of a minor" means a parent, the legal guardian, or
a person identified on the authorization to consent to treat maintained by the
medical professional of a minor who has not reached the age of sixteen years.

(
B) A
person responsible for the welfare of a minor who has not reached the age of
sixteen years must provide prior consent to a medical professional for the
medical professional to prescribe medication to the minor.

(
C) The
person responsible for the welfare of a minor to whom medication is prescribed
may not be prohibited from reviewing the minor's prescription records
regardless of whether those records are maintained with the parent or legal
guardian's prescription records or are maintained separately in the minor's
name.

(
D) The
provisions of this section do not apply:

(
1)
to an emancipated minor, a married minor, or a minor who has borne a child;

(
2)
to a minor who has not reached the age of sixteen, is homeless pursuant to
federal or state law, and who does not have a person responsible for the
welfare of the minor;

(
3)
when the prescribing medical professional reports suspected child abuse or
neglect pursuant to Section
63-7-310
, the prescription is necessary to treat a
condition arising from the suspected child abuse or neglect, and the suspected
child abuse or neglect results from acts or omissions committed by the person
responsible for the welfare of the minor;

(
4)
when the prescribing medical professional refills a prior prescription for a
minor who has not reached the age of sixteen years and the previous
prescription complied with or was exempt from the provisions of this section;
or

(
5)
when they conflict with federal law.

S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.

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