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South Carolina · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

S 449: Collaborative Practice Agreements

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 449 is a bill introduced in the South Carolina Senate on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Collaborative Practice Agreements. Primary sponsor: Danny Verdin (Republican), Josh Kimbrell (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 5, 2026): Effective date 05/18/26.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-43-30, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE AGREEMENTS; BY ADDING SECTION 40-43-245 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE PHARMACISTS AND PHYSICIANS TO ENTER INTO COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE AGREEMENTS; BY AMENDING SECTION 40-47-20, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PHYSICIANS AND MISCELLANEOUS HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, SO AS TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE AGREEMENTS; BY ADDING SECTION 40-47-205 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE PHYSICIANS AND PHARMACISTS TO ENTER INTO COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE AGREEMENTS; AND TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY AND THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE AGREEMENTS AND TO PROVIDE THAT COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE AGREEMENTS MAY NOT BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL AFTER THE REGULATIONS ARE EFFECTIVE. - RATIFIED TITLE

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Danny VerdinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Josh KimbrellPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective date 05/18/26
  2. Act No. 166
  3. Signed By Governor
  4. Ratified R 138
  5. Ordered enrolled for ratification
  6. House recedes from amendment(s)
  7. Non-concurrence in House amendment
  8. Scrivener's error corrected
  9. Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments
  10. Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
  11. Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0
  12. Read second time

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source