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TO AMEND SECTION 40-47-1250 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE SUPERVISION OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S ASSISTANTS, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S ASSISTANTS THAT AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST CAN SUPERVISE; AND TO DELETE SECTION 40-47-1240(8) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE LICENSURE REQUIREMENT FOR ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S ASSISTANTS TO APPEAR BEFORE A BOARD MEMBER AND PRESENT CERTAIN CERTIFICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 40-47-1250 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 40-47-1250. An anesthesiologist's assistant shall practice only under the supervision of a physician who is actively and directly engaged in the clinical practice of medicine and meets the definition of being a supervising anesthesiologist. An anesthesiologist may not supervise more than two four anesthesiologist's assistants at any one time."
SECTION 2. Section 40-47-1240(8) of the 1976 Code is deleted.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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