South Carolina 

PRN organization information as of 6/2007:
South Carolina Pharmacy Association
1405 Calhoun Street, Columbia, South Carolina   29201
Phone #:  (803) 354-9977     Web site: http://www.scrx.org/scrx/
Chairman of the SCRIPT support group: Scott Padgett R.Ph.  (Non -paid position.)
803-933-9183 ext. 118, E-mail: Scott.Padgett@gmail.com
South Carolina Recovery & Intervention Pharmacist Team  (SCRIPT)
Phone #: (803) 479-5314

Monitoring Organization:  South Carolina Recovering Professional Program (RPP)
3600 Forest Drive, Suite 205, Columbia, S.C. 29204-4006
Phone#: (803) 737-9280          Fax: (803) 737-9141          Website: http://www.scrpp.org/pharmacists.htm

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SCRIPT a support group, affiliated with SCPhA, for Pharmacists who are clients in the Recovering Professional Program. RPP is a
confidential referral and monitoring program designed for physicians, nurses, pharmacists and dentists in South Carolina who are
suffering from problems related to substance abuse and dependence, or from a dual diagnosis of addiction and mental illness.
The program offers an effective way to ensure that impaired professionals receive the help they need as quickly as possible.
The ultimate goal of the program is to help the professional return to safe practice - a decision that benefits the individual, the
profession and society at large - by ensuring that the professional complies with an established treatment protocol and appropriate
continuing care. An alternative to the board disciplinary process, operating independently from both boards and associations,
RPP provides accountable, consistent and confidential monitoring for both voluntary and board-referred participants to ensure safe
practice of health professionals in South Carolina.

Other Information RPAS - Recovering Professionals Assistance Program. Completely separate from RPP. A 503 (c) tax-exempt program.
Now raising funds from individual donations, working toward donations from corporations, grants, and charitable organizations.
These funds will be used for recovering professionals without income, or with low paying incomes, while waiting for licenses to be
reinstated. The professionals will be awarded these funds as a loan, scholarship or as a gift (in situations where the professional
has no income. RPAS is in its infancy state, having started about 4 months ago. The funds are controlled by an executive committee
composed of a physician, pharmacist, nurse, dentist and 2 or 3 at-large members two who are nurses. This committee will grow to
about 10 – 12 persons. There will be an advisory committee composed of high profile leaders from all walks of the business community
(meeting twice a year). The executive committee meets at least quarterly an on call by the chairman.

What about funding? RPP does charge client fees, sliding scale based on income. It is basically supported by a $10.00  fee added to
license renewal fees of the physicians, pharmacists, and  dentists and a $7.00 fee added to the nurses ( this may be increases
in the future).  Other funding: Small amount from Association, private donations, T-shirt sales and other fundraisers at
Association convention.