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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3084 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010109 Primary Sponsor:J. Brown All Sponsors:J. Brown, Altman, Davenport, Clyburn Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\bbm\9751htc01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:Prescription orthotic devices, certain replacement parts; sales tax exemptions; Taxation, Medical, Pharmacies History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010109 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM referred to Committee ------ 20010104 Scrivener's error corrected House 20001206 Prefiled, referred to Committee 30 HWM Versions of This Bill Revised on January 4, 2001 - Word format
TO AMEND SECTION 12-36-2120, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS, SO AS TO EXEMPT PRESCRIPTION ORTHOTIC DEVICES AND REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR PRESCRIPTION PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC DEVICES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 12-36-2120(28) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Section 1, Act 399 of 2000, is further amended to read:
"(28)(a) medicine and prosthetic devices sold by prescription, prescription medicines and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals used in the treatment of cancer, lymphoma, leukemia, or related diseases, including prescription medicines used to relieve the effects of any such treatment, and free samples of prescription medicine distributed by its manufacturer and any use of these free samples;
(b) hypodermic needles, insulin, alcohol swabs, blood sugar testing strips, monolet lancets, dextrometer supplies, blood glucose meters, and other similar diabetic supplies sold to diabetics under the authorization and direction of a physician;
(c) disposable medical supplies such as bags, tubing, needles, and syringes, which are dispensed by a licensed pharmacist in accordance with an individual prescription written for the use of a human being by a licensed health care provider, which are used for the intravenous administration of a prescription drug or medicine, and which come into direct contact with the prescription drug or medicine. This exemption applies only to supplies used in the treatment of a patient outside of a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or ambulatory surgical treatment center;
(d) medicine donated by its manufacturer to a public institution of higher education for research or for the treatment of indigent patients; and
(e) dental prosthetic devices; and
(f) prosthetic and orthotic devices sold by prescription and replacement parts for such devices."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2001.
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