Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3695 Primary Sponsor:Rudnick Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Adult health care, surgically implanted tubes Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:436/11053AC.93 Introduced Date:19930311 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930311 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rudnick Type of Legislation:General Bill
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3695 House 19930311 Introduced, read first time, 25
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TO AMEND SECTION 44-66-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE ADULT HEALTH CARE CONSENT ACT, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "HEALTH CARE" TO INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF MEDICALLY OR SURGICALLY IMPLANTED TUBES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 44-66-20(3) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 306 of 1992, is further amended to read:
"(3) `Health care' means a procedure to diagnose or treat a human disease, ailment, defect, abnormality, or complaint, whether of physical or mental origin including, but not limited to, the provision of nutrition and hydration through medically or surgically implanted tubes. It also includes the provision of intermediate or skilled nursing care; services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons; and placement in or removal from a facility that provides these forms of care."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.