H 3888 General Bill, By D.O. Hawkins
    A Bill to amend Article 3, Chapter 7, Title 44, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the State Hospital Construction and Franchising Act, so as to provide for the Certification of Need and Health Facility Licensure Act, including providing for procedures and criteria for issuance of certificates of need, preparation of a State Medical Facilities Plan, procedures for licensure of facilities rendering medical, nursing, and other health care, definitions, exceptions to the application of this Article, a Hospital Construction Program, denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses, penalties for violations, and action by the Department of Health and Environmental Control for violations, and to delete the provisions relating to certificates of need and licensure inconsistent with the new provisions; to repeal Articles 4 and 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 44, relating respectively to licensing, regulation, and inspection of community residential care facilities and of outpatient facilities for chemically dependent or addicted persons, and Chapter 65 of Title 44, relating to day care facilities for adults; and to provide that the existing regulations of the Department are effective until regulations are promulgated under the provisions of this Act.

05/08/86	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-2921
05/08/86	House	Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-2922