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Bill 5061

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      5061
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020410
Primary Sponsor:                  Merrill
All Sponsors:                     Merrill and Hinson
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11537ac02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Medical, Military, Public and Municipal 
                                  Affairs Committee 27 H3M
Subject:                          Attending physician at the delivery of a 
                                  baby must be Board certified in obstetrics or 
                                  completed residency in obstetrics or a 
                                  physician meeting these requirements on the 
                                  premises; exceptions


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020410  Introduced, read first time,           27 H3M
                  referred to Committee


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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.

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