To make changes to your practice location address, registrant name, or drug schedules on your current South Carolina (DHEC) controlled substances registration, follow the applicable instructions below. To make corresponding changes to your current DEA registration, follow the applicable instructions on the DEA’s website here.

Change of Practice Location Address

If you are planning to move to a new practice location, you must notify DHEC and DEA prior to your relocation date. To notify DHEC, you must submit a completed Address Change Request form (DHEC 1199) via email to bdc@dhec.sc.gov or via fax to 803-896-0627, in order for an address change request to be processed by DHEC.

Registrant Name Change

To make changes to your registrant name on your DHEC controlled substances registration, you must notify DHEC via email at bdc@dhec.sc.gov or via fax at 803-896-0627 with your name change request and attach a copy of the marriage license, divorce decree, or court document that supports the change, in order for a registrant name change to be processed by DHEC.

Drug Schedule Changes

To make changes to the drug schedules on your DHEC controlled substances registration, you must submit a completed Schedule Change Request form (DHEC 1025) via email to bdc@dhec.sc.gov or via fax to 803-896-0627. After your DHEC controlled substances registration has been amended to reflect schedule changes, you will need to amend your DEA registration by going to the DEA’s website here. Guidance for how registered Physician Assistants (PAs) and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) request drug schedule changes on their DHEC controlled substances registration is provided below.

Physician Assistants (PAs) may request to add drug schedules, including Schedule II narcotic substances and Schedule II nonnarcotic substances, to their existing DHEC controlled substances registration. PAs must submit a copy of their Expanded Authorization to Prescribe Schedule Controlled Substances Approval Letter from the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners with their completed Schedule Change Request form via email to bdc@dhec.sc.gov or via fax to 803-896-0627, in order for a schedule change request to be processed by DHEC.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) may request to add drug schedules, including Schedule II narcotic substances and Schedule II nonnarcotic substances, to their existing DHEC controlled substances registration. APRNs must submit a completed Schedule Change Request form via email to bdc@dhec.sc.gov or via fax to 803-896-0627, in order for a schedule change request to be processed by DHEC.