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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4003 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010424 Primary Sponsor:Barfield All Sponsors:Barfield, Limehouse, Whipper, Allison, Askins, Bales, Barrett, Battle, Bingham, Bowers, G. Brown, J. Brown, R. Brown, Campsen, Carnell, Cato, Chellis, Clyburn, Coates, Cobb-Hunter, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Edge, Emory, Fleming, Freeman, Frye, Gilham, Govan, Hamilton, Harrell, Harvin, Hayes, J. Hines, Hosey, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, Kirsh, Klauber, Knotts, Koon, Leach, Lee, Lloyd, Loftis, Lucas, Martin, McCraw, McGee, McLeod, Meacham-Richardson, Merrill, Miller, Moody-Lawrence, J.M. Neal, Ott, Owens, Parks, Phillips, Rhoad, Riser, Rivers, Robinson, Rodgers, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scarborough, Sharpe, Sheheen, D.C. Smith, F.N. Smith, J.R. Smith, Stille, Taylor, Thompson, Tripp, Vaughn, Webb, Weeks, Whatley, White, Witherspoon and A. Young Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\nbd\11553ac01.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Medical Affairs Committee 13 SMA Date of Last Amendment:20010607 Subject:Access to Medical Treatment Act, Life threatening diseased person has right to experimental treatment; physicians History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20010620 Recommitted to Committee, 13 SMA retaining its place on the Calendar Senate 20010607 Amended, read second time, notice of general amendments Senate 20010606 Polled out of Committee: Favorable 13 SMA Senate 20010522 Introduced, read first time, 13 SMA referred to Committee House 20010518 Read third time, sent to Senate House 20010517 Amended, read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on Friday, 20010518 House 20010516 Committee report: Favorable with 27 H3M amendment House 20010424 Introduced, read first time, 27 H3M referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on May 16, 2001 - Word format Revised on May 17, 2001 - Word format Revised on June 6, 2001 - Word format Revised on June 7, 2001 - Word format
AMENDED
June 7, 2001
H. 4003
Introduced by Reps. Barfield, Limehouse, Whipper, Allison, Askins, Bales, Barrett, Battle, Bingham, Bowers, G. Brown, J. Brown, R. Brown, Campsen, Carnell, Cato, Chellis, Clyburn, Coates, Cobb-Hunter, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Edge, Emory, Fleming, Freeman, Frye, Gilham, Govan, Hamilton, Harrell, Harvin, Hayes, J. Hines, Hosey, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, Kirsh, Klauber, Knotts, Koon, Leach, Lee, Lloyd, Loftis, Lucas, Martin, McCraw, McGee, McLeod, Meacham-Richardson, Merrill, Miller, Moody-Lawrence, J.M. Neal, Ott, Owens, Parks, Phillips, Rhoad, Riser, Rivers, Robinson, Rodgers, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scarborough, Sharpe, Sheheen, D.C. Smith, F.N. Smith, J.R. Smith, Stille, Taylor, Thompson, Tripp, Vaughn, Webb, Weeks, Whatley, White, Witherspoon and A. Young
S. Printed 6/7/01--S.
Read the first time May 22, 2001.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-47-280 TO ENACT THE "ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENT ACT" SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE PROVIDED WITH EXPERIMENTAL OR NONCONVENTIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING OR CHRONICALLY DISABLING DISEASE IF THE TREATING PHYSICIAN AGREES TO THE TREATMENT, TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A PHYSICIAN MAY PROVIDE SUCH TREATMENT, AND TO PROVIDE THAT TREATING A PERSON IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION IS NOT IN ITSELF UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Access to Medical Treatment Act".
SECTION 2. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 40-47-280. (A) For purposes of this section:
(1) 'treating physician' means a physician licensed to practice medicine under this chapter.
(2) 'life threatening' means any disease or condition that will, with reasonable certainty, lead to or contribute to death if left untreated.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided in this chapter, an individual may be treated by a treating physician for any illness or disease which is life-threatening or is chronically disabling with any alternative, complementary, experimental, or nonconventional medical treatment that the individual desires or the legal representative of the individual authorizes, if the treating physician has personally examined the individual and agrees to treat the individual.
(B) A treating physician may provide alternative medical treatment, as defined in this section, to an individual described in subsection (A) if:
(1) there is no reasonable medical basis to conclude that the proposed medical treatment, when used as directed, poses an unreasonable and significant risk of medical harm to the individual; and
(2) before initiating treatment, the treating physician has obtained from the patient written, informed consent which includes a statement including: (a) that the treatment offered is alternative, complementary, experimental, or nonconventional; (b) that the drug or medical device has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for any indication; and (c) any material risks generally recognized by reasonably prudent physicians of the treatment's side effects.
(C) Medical treatment in compliance with this section by a treating physician under this chapter does not by itself constitute medical negligence or misconduct. However, a physician who treats an individual pursuant to this section is held to the applicable standard of care of physicians providing such treatments.
(D) Nothing in this section may be construed to require third party reimbursement for alternative, complementary, experimental, or nonconventional treatments rendered pursuant to the provisions of this section."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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