South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 5418

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31351cz16.docx

Introduced in the House on May 25, 2016
Currently residing in the House Committee on Regulations and Administrative Procedures

Summary: Emergency Medical Services (D. No. 4610)

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   5/25/2016  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 9)
    6/1/2016  House   Recommitted to Committee on Regulations and 
                        Administrative Procedures (House Journal-page 36)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/24/2016
5/25/2016

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INTRODUCED

May 25, 2016

H. 5418

Introduced by Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee

S. Printed 5/25/16--H.

Read the first time May 25, 2016.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4610, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

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

SECTION    1.    The regulations of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, relating to Emergency Medical Services, designated as Regulation Document Number 4610, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

Regulation 61-7 has not been substantively updated since 2006. The amendments herein incorporate statutory requirements for EMT certification and training, update the vehicle equipment list to current accepted industry standards, modify the ground ambulance requirements to reflect the most current standards, change the air ambulance requirements to reflect the latest statutory amendments, incorporate requirements for ambulance drivers, modify the name of first responder agencies to rapid response vehicles, add and amend definitions, and rewrite the certification and training requirements. The Department also made corrections for clarity and readability, grammar, punctuation, codification, and overall improvement to the text of the regulation.

A Notice of Drafting was published in the State Register on August 28, 2015.

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