The South Carolina Pharmacy Benefits Manager license
Pharmacy Benefits Manager
Administers prescription drug benefits for a health benefit plan in South Carolina. The Department prices it and the pharmacy services administrative organization identically, at $1,000 to apply and $500 a year, though the two sit on opposite sides of the same negotiation.
Course
None
This license has no pre-licensing course route.
Ways in
1
There is no state exam for this license.
Exam
n/a
Not required on any of the routes below.
Every way to qualify
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Route 1 Apply to the Director for the license
No state exam for this license
S.C. Code 38-71-2210(A)(1) forbids establishing or operating as a pharmacy benefits manager for health benefit plans without the Director's license, and (A)(2) leaves the form to the Director while fixing what it must collect: the manager's name, address and telephone number, its agent for service of process here, and the name and address of every person with management or control over it. The fee is a ceiling rather than a price, the Director MAY charge up to $1,000 initially and $500 a year after. There is no examination and no course anywhere in the article.
Read at scstatehouse.gov on 2026-08-20
South Carolina asks a pharmacy benefits manager for an application form and a fee and gives no examination for it, so there is nothing for a school to sell.