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Bill 979

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      979
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20000111
Primary Sponsor:                  Fair
All Sponsors:                     Fair, Hayes, Grooms
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\skb\18083som00.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Medical Affairs Committee 13 SMA
Subject:                          Abortion facilities, required to be 
                                  licensed by Health and Environmental Control 
                                  Department; Medical


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20000119  Co-Sponsor added by Senator                    Hayes
                                                                 Grooms
Senate  20000111  Introduced, read first time,           13 SMA
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19991207  Prefiled, referred to Committee        13 SMA


                             Versions of This Bill

TO ENACT THE "WOMEN'S HEALTH ACT OF 2000" BY AMENDING SECTION 44-41-75, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF CERTAIN ABORTION FACILITIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MUST LICENSE ANY FACILITY WHICH PERFORMS ABORTIONS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

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

SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Women's Health Act of 2000".

SECTION 2. Section 44-41-75 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 1 of 1995, is amended to read:

"Section 44-41-75. (A) A facility in which any second trimester or five or more first trimester abortions are an abortion is performed in a month, under certain circumstances, must be licensed by the department to operate as an abortion clinic and must comply with the provisions of Article 3.

(B) The department shall promulgate regulations concerning sanitation, housekeeping, maintenance, staff qualifications, emergency equipment, and procedures to provide emergency care, medical records and reports, laboratory, procedure and recovery rooms, physical plant, quality assurance, infection control, and information on and access to patient follow-up care necessary to carry out the purposes of this section."

SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2000.

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