South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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S. 265

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Matthews
Document Path: l:\council\bills\cc\15891vr21.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs

Summary: Critical care

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2020  Senate  Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
   1/12/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 241)
   1/12/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs 
                        (Senate Journal-page 241)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-7-400 SO AS TO PROHIBIT HOSPITALS FROM UTILIZING TELEMEDICINE TO DELIVER INTENSIVE OR CRITICAL CARE SERVICES AND TO REQUIRE SUCH SERVICES BE PROVIDED OR SUPERVISED BY A PHYSICIAN WHO IS BOARD-CERTIFIED IN CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 3, Chapter 7, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 44-7-400.    A hospital is prohibited from utilizing telemedicine to deliver intensive or critical care services. Intensive or critical care services must be provided or supervised by a physician who is board-certified in critical care medicine. For purposes of this section, 'telemedicine' has the same meaning as defined in Section 40-47-20."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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