South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-4 - Controlled Substances
Part 300 - Action on Application for Registration; Revocation or Suspension of Registration
Section 61-4.300.304 - Provisional Registration

(a) The Bureau Director, in his or her discretion, may grant provisional registration as a Researcher, Manufacturer, Distributor, Importer, or Exporter to any applicant, pending such applicant's obtaining a registration under Federal law. The duration of such provisional registration shall not exceed one year, and may not be renewed. Upon the granting of Federal registration, the provisional registration may be converted to a permanent registration by DHEC, which may renew such registration in the same manner as any other regular registration. If the Bureau Director does not find it in the public interest to grant a provisional registration, or to convert a provisional registration into a regular registration in the manner provided above, procedures set forth in S.C. Code Ann. § 44-53-320 for denial of registration shall be followed.

(b) Provisional registration does not entitle the applicant (i.e., the provisional registrant) to conduct any controlled substances activity within this State until such time as the applicant obtains a valid federal [DEA] registration for the identical activity at the same registered location.