H 5061 General Bill, By Merrill and Hinson
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 40-47-62 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A PHYSICIAN FROM BEING THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN AT
 THE DELIVERY OF A BABY UNLESS THE PHYSICIAN IS BOARD CERTIFIED IN OBSTETRICS
 OR HAS COMPLETED A RESIDENCY IN OBSTETRICS OR THERE IS A BOARD CERTIFIED
 OBSTETRICIAN OR A PHYSICIAN HAVING COMPLETED A RESIDENCY IN OBSTETRICS ON THE
 PREMISES AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY AND IN
 COUNTIES OF FEWER THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND.

   04/10/02  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-17
   04/10/02  House  Referred to Committee on Medical, Military,
                     Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-18

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-47-62 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A PHYSICIAN FROM BEING THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN AT THE DELIVERY OF A BABY UNLESS THE PHYSICIAN IS BOARD CERTIFIED IN OBSTETRICS OR HAS COMPLETED A RESIDENCY IN OBSTETRICS OR THERE IS A BOARD CERTIFIED OBSTETRICIAN OR A PHYSICIAN HAVING COMPLETED A RESIDENCY IN OBSTETRICS ON THE PREMISES AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY AND IN COUNTIES OF FEWER THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND.

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

SECTION    1.    The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 40-47-62.    (A)    No physician may be the attending physician at the delivery of a baby unless the physician is board certified in obstetrics or has successfully completed a residency in obstetrics or there is on the premises a board certified obstetrician or a physician having successfully completed a residency in obstetrics.

    (B)    This section does not apply in the case of an emergency or in hospitals located in counties with a population of less than twenty-five thousand."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.