South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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Bill 5148


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A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION - BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, RELATING TO PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4588, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    The regulations of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation - Board of Medical Examiners, relating to Patient Medical Records, designated as Regulation Document Number 4588, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

The South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners proposes to amend its regulations to safeguard patient medical records when a physician licensee is incapacitated, disappears, or dies.

The Notice of Drafting was published in the State Register on May 22, 2015. The Proposed regulation was published in the State Register on September 25, 2015.

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