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H. 3325
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Sponsors: Reps. King, Murray, Rivers, M.M. Smith and Parks
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Introduced in the House on January 12, 2021
Last Amended on March 2, 2021
Currently residing in the House
Summary: Death certificates
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/9/2020 House Prefiled 12/9/2020 House Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs 1/12/2021 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 158) 1/12/2021 House Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 158) 2/10/2021 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Murray, Rivers, M.M.Smith, Parks 2/25/2021 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 4) 3/2/2021 House Amended 3/2/2021 House Amended (House Journal-page 44) 3/2/2021 House Read second time (House Journal-page 44) 3/2/2021 House Roll call Yeas-116 Nays-1 (House Journal-page 44)
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AMENDED
March 2, 2021
H. 3325
S. Printed 3/2/21--H.
Read the first time January 12, 2021.
TO AMEND SECTION 44-63-74, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING OF DEATH CERTIFICATES WITH THE BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, SO AS TO ELIMINATE EXEMPTIONS FOR PHYSICIANS WHO CERTIFY FEWER THAN TWELVE DEATHS ANNUALLY.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 44-63-74(A)(4) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(4) Death certificates must be transmitted electronically between the funeral home, or funeral home director, and the physician, coroner, or medical examiner certifying the cause of death in order to document the death certificate information prescribed by this chapter. Required signatures on death certificates must be provided by electronic signature. An individual who acts, without compensation, as a funeral director on behalf of a deceased family member or friend, physicians certifying fewer than twelve deaths per year, and funeral homes that perform fewer than twelve funerals per year are is exempt from the requirement to file electronically but must comply with the requirements of items (2) or (3), as applicable."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2021.
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