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S. 1254
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Fair
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Introduced in the Senate on April 1, 2008
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs
Summary: Nursing licensing requirements
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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4/1/2008 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-4
4/1/2008 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs SJ-4
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 40-33-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NURSING LICENSING REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONDUCT THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED NURSING AND WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE LICENSURE, SO AS TO INCLUDE CARING FOR THE SICK IN ACCORDANCE WITH TENETS OR PRACTICES OF ANY RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION WHICH TEACHES RELIANCE UPON SPIRITUAL MEANS THROUGH PRAYER FOR HEALING IF THE PERSON DOES NOT HOLD HERSELF OR HIMSELF OUT TO BE A NURSE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 40-33-30(D) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 122 of 2005, is further amended to read:
"(D) A provision of this chapter may not be construed to prohibit:
(1) gratuitous nursing care by friends or members of the family;
(2) the incidental care of the sick by domestic servants or persons primarily employed as housekeepers as long as they do not practice nursing within the meaning of this chapter;
(3) nursing assistance in case of an emergency;
(4) the practice of nursing by students enrolled in approved nurse education programs;
(5) the practice of nursing in this State by a legally qualified nurse of another state whose engagement requires the nurse to accompany and care for a patient temporarily residing in this State during the period of one engagement, not to exceed six months, if the person does not represent or hold herself or himself out as a nurse licensed to practice in this State;
(6) the practice of any legally qualified nurse of another state who is employed by the United States government or any bureau, division, or agency of the United States government, while in the discharge of official duties;
(7) care given to maternity patients, in the performance of their duties by licensed midwives trained and supervised under the authority of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, so long as these midwives confine care to maternity patients only and do not claim to be licensed nurses or certified nurse-midwives;
(8) the practice of nursing by a licensed nurse of another state who is enrolled in a board-approved course of study or board-approved experimental or experiential project requiring nursing practice as a part of the educational program;
(9) a person not licensed under this chapter from providing attendant care services directed by or on behalf of an individual in need of in-home care; and
(10) performance of an act which a person would normally perform if the person were physically and cognitively able; and
(11) caring for the sick in accordance with tenets or practices of any recognized church or religious denomination that teaches reliance upon spiritual means through prayer for healing provided the person does not hold herself or himself out to be a registered or licensed nurse."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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